A more sophisticated form of assessment is quantitative sensory testing (QST).

一种更复杂的评估形式是定量感官测试（QST）。

This success has resulted in interest from pharmaceutical firms keen to use QST to better target future medications.

这一成功引起了制药公司的兴趣，他们热衷于利用 QST 来更好地瞄准未来的药物。

For one thing, says Dr Vollert, QST is best performed on a painful part of the body that can then be compared with a normal region.

Vollert 博士表示，一方面，QST 最好在身体疼痛的部位进行，然后与正常部位进行比较。

A 2022 study by researchers at Harvard Medical School showed that patients with fibromyalgia were most likely to feel the analgesic benefits of electrical nerve stimulation if they had increased sensitivity, as measured by QST.

哈佛医学院研究人员在 2022 年进行的一项研究表明，如果纤维肌痛患者的敏感性增加（通过 QST 测量），他们最有可能感受到电神经刺激的镇痛效果。