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Table 2 Pressure pain thresholds and concurrent validity in healthy participants and people with migraine

From: High concurrent validity between digital and analogue algometers to measure pressure pain thresholds in healthy participants and people with migraine: a cross-sectional study

  PPTs in healthy participants (n = 26) PPTs in people with migraine (n = 29)
Location Digital algometer (mean, SD) Analogue
Algometer (mean, SD)
ICC 3.1 (95%CI) Digital
Algometer
(mean, SD)
Analogue
Algometer
(mean, SD)
ICC 3.1 (95%CI)
Dominant side
 Temporalis muscle 283.3 (57.7) 289.6 (53.2) .98 (0.96–0.99) 179.1 (45.1) 185.9 (51.6) .86 (0.73–0.93)
 C1 paraspinal muscles 277 (48.7) 280.4 (49.0) .98 (0.96–0.99) 218.6 (58.2) 227.1 (59.9) .94 (0.87–0.97)
 Trapezius muscle 357.1 (55.5) 361.1 (51.3) .97 (0.94–0.99) 317.2 (85.6) 332.8 (88.9) .95 (0.89–0.97)
 Extensor carpi radialis muscle 282.0 (52.5) 286.0 (50.9) .97 (0.94–0.99) 236.4 (56.6) 240.8 (54.3) .82 (0.65–0.91)
 Tibialis anterior muscle 561.7 (77.4) 559.4 (78.5) .98 (0.96–0.99) 436.9 (121.3) 449.3 (120.6) .97 (0.95–0.99)
Non dominant side
 Temporalis muscle 283.5 (55.8) 289.2 (54.3) .98 (0.97–0.99) 173.8 (41.2) 177.4 (40.3) .93 (0.85–0.96)
 C1 paraspinal muscles 276.4 (44.2) 282.2 (43.7) .97 (0.94–0.99) 219.2 (61.3) 230.9 (63.7) .94 (0.87–0.97)
 Trapezius muscle 354.8 (60.0) 361.1 (51.2) .98 (0.95–0.99) 317.2 (88.9) 335.4 (90.2) .95 (0.89–0.97)
 Extensor carpi radialis muscle 278.2 (50.3) 282.6 (50.9) .98 (0.95–0.99) 238.4 (58.3) 254.6 (59.3) .84 (0.70–0.92)
 Tibialis anterior muscle 562.7 (75.5) 564.7 (77.5) .99 (0.98–0.99) 435.1 (115.5) 446.6 (128.7) .97 (0.94–0.99)
  1. PPT score of digital and analogue algometer (mean, SD) of all locations at the dominant and non-dominant side. Concurrent validity: Intraclass correlation coefficient3.1 (95% confidence interval) of digital and analogue algometer