Somatosensory profiles in a healthy sample: A unique display using quantitative sensory testing demonstrating the variability of cold pain thresholds

Background: Sensory hyperalgesia has been associated with persistent pain such as neuropathic pain conditions (Maier et al 2010), and fibromyalgia (Blumenstiel, et al, 2011). This has been examined using Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) within the laboratory environment. QST has identified sensory abnormalities and sensory hyperalgesia in patient populations when comparing against healthy subjects as a control group. However, there is limited published data on the sensory responses of healthy individuals making it difficult to quantify the true boundary of sensory hyperalgesia.
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