Table 4 Round 2 descriptive statistics
Round 2 criteria for consensus include: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ Median value of participants Likert scale data ≥ 3.5 | ||||
✓ IQR value of participants Likert scale data ≤ 2 | ||||
✓ Percentage of agreement 60% (Wiangkham et al., 2016 [25]) | ||||
Clinical indicator | Median | IQR | Percentage of agreement | Conesus achieved |
Pain described as burning | 4 | 1 | 90.9% | Y |
Pain described as shooting | 4 | 1 | 73.8% | Y |
Pain described as sharp | 3 | 1 | 18.2% | N |
Pain described as aching | 2 | 2 | 12.1% | N |
Pain described as electric-shock-like/electrical | 4 | 1 | 93.9% | Y |
Pain described as cramping | 3 | 2 | 30.3% | N |
Pain described as crawling | 4 | 1 | 66.7% | Y |
Pain described as heaviness | 3 | 2 | 33.3% | N |
History of nerve injury, pathology or mechanical compromise | 5 | 1 | 90.9% | Y |
Pain in association with other neurological symptoms (e.g. pins and needles, numbness, weakness) | 5 | 1 | 96.9% | Y |
Pain of high severity and irritability (i.e. easily provoked, taking longer to settle) | 4 | 1 | 72.8% | Y |
Reports of spontaneous pain (i.e. stimulus independent) and/or paroxysmal pain (i.e. sudden recurrences and intensification of pain) | 4 | 2 | 72.7% | Y |
Pain/symptom provocation with mechanical/movement tests (e.g. Active/Passive, Neurodynamic, i.e. SLR, Brachial plexus tension test, prone knee bend) | 4 | 1 | 67.9% | Y |
Pain/symptom provocation on palpation of relevant neural tissues | 4 | 1 | 57.6% | N |
Positive neurological signs (including altered reflexes, sensation and muscle power in dermatomal/myotomal or cutaneous nerve distribution) | 5 | 1 | 94% | Y |
Positive findings of hyperalgesia (primary or secondary) | 3 | 2 | 42.4% | N |
Allodynia and/or hyperpathia within the distribution of pain | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | Y |
Latent pain response to aggravating factor | 4 | 1 | 51.5% | N |
Positive small fibre nerve testing findings (Hot/cold etc....) | 4 | 1 | 84.8% | Y |