Objective To determine the absolute and relative intra-rater within-session test-retest
reliability of pressure pain threshold (PPT) and mechanical temporal summation of pain
(TSP) at the low back and the forearm in healthy participants and to test the influence of the
number and sequence of measurements on reliability metrics. Methods In 24 participants,
three PPT and TSP measures were assessed at four sites (2 at the low back, 2 at the
forearm) in two blocks of measurements separated by 20 minutes. The standard error of …

Objectives: To determine the absolute and relative within-session test-retest reliability of
pressure pain threshold (PPT) and temporal summation of pain (TSP) at the low back and
the forearm in individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and to test the impact of
different sequences of measurements on reliability metrics. Materials and Methods: Twenty-
eight adults with CLBP were recruited. Relative (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] and
coefficient of variation) and absolute reliability (standard error of measurement and minimal …