TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability of the nociceptive flexor reflex (RIII) threshold and association with Pain threshold
AU - Micalos, Peter
AU - Drinkwater, Eric
AU - Cannon, Jack
AU - Arendt-Nielsen, Lars
AU - Marino, Francesco
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = European Journal of Applied Physiology. ISSNs: 1439-6319;
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of the RIII reflex threshold and Pain threshold in three repeated trials using electrocutaneous stimuli. Each trial was separated by a mean of 4.3 +/- 2.9 days (between-trials) and included two repeated measurements (within-trial) of the RIII reflex threshold (RIII-T) and the Pain threshold (PT) separated by 20 min. The participants were 14 healthy males (mean age +/- SD, 23.5 +/- 5.3 years). There was a significant difference between the RIII-T and PT. The reliability of the RIII-T and PT shows a between-trials coefficient of variance (CV(SEM)) of 16.1 and 16.9%, respectively. The within-trial CV(SEM) for RIII-T and PT was 5.4 and 4.3%, respectively. There was a significant correlation between the RIII-T threshold and PT. The parallel association and correlation of the RIII-T with the PT suggests that the RIII-T is valid in experimental pain studies under standardised resting conditions.
AB - The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of the RIII reflex threshold and Pain threshold in three repeated trials using electrocutaneous stimuli. Each trial was separated by a mean of 4.3 +/- 2.9 days (between-trials) and included two repeated measurements (within-trial) of the RIII reflex threshold (RIII-T) and the Pain threshold (PT) separated by 20 min. The participants were 14 healthy males (mean age +/- SD, 23.5 +/- 5.3 years). There was a significant difference between the RIII-T and PT. The reliability of the RIII-T and PT shows a between-trials coefficient of variance (CV(SEM)) of 16.1 and 16.9%, respectively. The within-trial CV(SEM) for RIII-T and PT was 5.4 and 4.3%, respectively. There was a significant correlation between the RIII-T threshold and PT. The parallel association and correlation of the RIII-T with the PT suggests that the RIII-T is valid in experimental pain studies under standardised resting conditions.
U2 - 10.1007/s00421-008-0872-x
DO - 10.1007/s00421-008-0872-x
M3 - Article
SN - 1439-6319
VL - 105
SP - 55
EP - 62
JO - European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology
JF - European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology
IS - 1
ER -