Table 1

Intratester reliability of sensory function protocol

	Intraclass correlation coefficients	95% CI	P value
CDT	0.728	0.277 to 0.914	0.003
WDT	0.764	0.351 to 0.927	<0.0001
TSL	0.638	0.161 to 0.878	0.005
HPT	0.752	0.339 to 0.922	0.002
MPT	0.928	0.767 to 0.979	<0.0001
WUR	0.634	0.113 to 0.880	0.012
VDT	0.956	0.860 to 0.987	<0.0001
PPT	0.734	0.305 to 0.915	0.002
VAS	0.893	0.667 to 0.970	<0.0001
Flare area	0.610	0.095 to 0.869	0.015
Brush-evoked allodynia	0.756	0.365 to 0.922	0.001
Punctuate hyperalgesia	0.615	0.094 to 0.871	0.013
Postsensitisation MPT	0.941	0.808 to 0.983	<0.0001
Postsensitisation HPT	0.758	0.339 to 0.924	0.002

CDT, cold detection threshold; HPT, heat pain threshold; MPT, mechanical pain threshold; PPT, pressure pain threshold; TSL, thermal sensory limen; VDT, vibration detection threshold; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; WDT, warm detection threshold; WUR, wind-up ratio.