Effects of a Pain Catastrophizing Induction on Sensory Testing in Women with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Trait and state PCS scores.

	Pain catastrophizing induction condition	Control condition
Baseline trait PCS mean ()	1.72 (1.0)	1.12 (0.9)
Post-QST 1 and preexperiment state PCS mean ()	0.43 (0.7)	0.53 (0.7)
Postexperiment state PCS mean ()	1.83 (1.3)	0.34 (0.6)
Post-QST 2 state PCS mean ()	1.27 (1.3)	0.56 (0.8)

significance ().