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Table 2 Reproducibility of pressure pain threshold measurements

From: The relationship between disease activity, sleep, psychiatric distress and pain sensitivity in rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

Site

Pressure pain threshold

 

Mean ± SD

(kg/cm2)

% change1

± SD

Intraclass correlations

Right wrist

5.0 ± 2.1

-8.3 ± 29.7

0.80

Left wrist

5.0 ± 2.1

-4.0 ± 28.7

0.85

Right thumbnail

5.5 ± 2.7

3.6 ± 28.2

0.87

Left thumbnail

5.3 ± 2.6

-0.3 ± 25.0

0.90

Right trapezius

4.3 ± 1.9

-1.3 ± 27.9

0.83

Left trapezius

4.4 ± 2.2

-0.7 ± 22.2

0.92

  1. 1 Percentage change = (pain thresholdtrial 1 - pain thresholdtrial 2)/pain thresholdtrial 2 × 100%
  2. SD = standard deviation.