A standard test of heat-pain responses using CASE IV

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 54-63

  Dyck, Peter James ^a   Zimmerman, Irvin R ^a   Johnson, David M ^a   Gillen, Delores ^a   Hokanson, Jenny L ^a   Karnes, Jeannine L ^a   Gruener, Gregory ^b   O'Brien, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

An intermediate heat pain response (HP:5.0); Diabetic neuropathy; Heat pain detection threshold (HP:0.5); Heat pain sensation; Nerve growth factor; Skin abrasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029873899     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00277-9     Document Type: Article

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