Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVE: To validate the turns-amplitude analysis (TAA) as a diagnostic test for MPSPF in patients with CPP. METHODS: A case-control study was performed, and patients were consecutively sampled within a specified period of time. A total of 128 patients were included: 64 patients with CPP (32 men and 32 women) and 64 control patients (32 men and 32 women). The same operator conducted all tests. Electromyography of the TAA is based on the collection of motor unit potentials that measure the number of changes in the signal and the mean amplitude of the changes. The electromyogram transfers the data to a graphical point cloud, which enables the patient's results to be compared with the results of the healthy subjects. RESULTS: In patients and control subjects, the sensitivity and specificity of the proposed diagnostic test showed a marked clinical significance: the sensitivity was 83%, and the specificity was 100%. A positive predictive value of 1 (95% CI 1 to 1) and a negative predictive value of 0.85 (95% CI 0.77 to 0.93) were observed. CONCLUSION: TAA is a reliable diagnostic test to detect MPSPF. Further studies are needed to reproduce these results.
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Authors | Fernando Itza, Daniel Zarza, Jesús Salinas, Fernando Teba, Carmen Ximenez |
Journal | Pain research & management
(Pain Res Manag)
2015 Mar-Apr
Vol. 20
Issue 2
Pg. 96-100
ISSN: 1918-1523 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25848846
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Case-Control Studies
- Chronic Pain
(diagnosis, epidemiology, physiopathology)
- Electromyography
(methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myofascial Pain Syndromes
(diagnosis, epidemiology, physiopathology)
- Pain Measurement
(methods)
- Pelvic Pain
(diagnosis, epidemiology, physiopathology)
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