Genlin Liu1, Jianjun Li2, Hongjun Zhou1, Ying Zheng1, Chunxia Hao1, Ying Zhang1, Bo Wei1, Yiji Wang1, Haiqiong Kang1, Xiaolei Lu1. 1. Department of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Spinal and Neural Function Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China. crrclijj@126.com.
Abstract
STUDY DESIGN: Psychometrics study. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to introduce a novel tool for pinprick sensation examination and validate its usefulness in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING: China Rehabilitation Research Center, Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, China. METHODS: A set of cone tools with different tapers (22.5°, 45°, 67.5°, 90°, 112.5°, 135°, 157.5°, and 180°) was made. The cone tool was validated first in 91 able-bodied individuals and then in 30 patients with SCI. The reliability and validity of the cone tool were analyzed by comparing the results of a pinprick sensation examination with the results of the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of SCI (ISNCSCI), the cone tool, and the thermal analyzer. RESULTS: The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of the cone tool in able-bodied individuals was between 0.48 and 0.94 while that of the cone tool and the ISNCSCI tool ranged between 0.43 and 0.78. Pinprick sensation in patients with SCI can be graded into five levels using four tapers (22.5°, 45°, 67.5°, and 90°): normal, slight impairment, moderate impairment, severe impairment, and complete loss of sensation. CONCLUSION: This easy-to-use cone tool can produce a reliable semi-quantitative pinprick test result and is useful for pinprick sensation examination in patients with SCI.
STUDY DESIGN: Psychometrics study. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to introduce a novel tool for pinprick sensation examination and validate its usefulness in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING: China Rehabilitation Research Center, Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, China. METHODS: A set of cone tools with different tapers (22.5°, 45°, 67.5°, 90°, 112.5°, 135°, 157.5°, and 180°) was made. The cone tool was validated first in 91 able-bodied individuals and then in 30 patients with SCI. The reliability and validity of the cone tool were analyzed by comparing the results of a pinprick sensation examination with the results of the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of SCI (ISNCSCI), the cone tool, and the thermal analyzer. RESULTS: The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of the cone tool in able-bodied individuals was between 0.48 and 0.94 while that of the cone tool and the ISNCSCI tool ranged between 0.43 and 0.78. Pinprick sensation in patients with SCI can be graded into five levels using four tapers (22.5°, 45°, 67.5°, and 90°): normal, slight impairment, moderate impairment, severe impairment, and complete loss of sensation. CONCLUSION: This easy-to-use cone tool can produce a reliable semi-quantitative pinprick test result and is useful for pinprick sensation examination in patients with SCI.
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