Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test (QSART): A new approach for testing distal sites

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1257-1264

  Riedel, A ^a   Braune, S ^a   Kerum, G ^b   Schulte Monting J ^b   Lucking C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C fiber; Diabetic neuropathy; Distal site; Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FOREARM; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SWEATING; THUMB;

ADULT; AXONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFLEX; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC;

EID: 0032840455     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199909)22:9<1257::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Benarroch EE, Low PA. The acetylcholine-induced flare response in evaluation of small fiber dysfunction. Ann Neurol 1991;29:590-595.
2. Cohen J, Low PA, Fealey R, Sheps S, Jiang NS. Somatic and autonomic function in progressive autonomic failure and multiple system atrophy. Ann Neurol 1987;22:692-699.
3. Greene RM, Winkelmann RK, Opfer-Gehrking TL, Low PA. Sweating patterns in atopic dermatitis patients. Arch Dermatol Res 1989;281:373-376.
4. Kihara M, Opfer-Gehrking TL, Low PA. Comparison of directly stimulated with axon-reflex-mediated sudomotor responses in human subjects and in patients with diabetes. Muscle Nerve 1993;16:655-660.
5. Lang E, Förster A, Pfannmüller D, Handwerker HO. Quantitative assessment of sudomotor activity by capacitance hygrometry. Clin Auton Res 1993;3:107-115.
6. Lang E, Spitzer A, Claus D, Neundörfer B, Handwerker HO. Stimulation of sudomotor axon reflex mechanism by carbachol in healthy subjects and patients suffering from diabetic polyneuropathy. Acta Neurol Scand 1995;91:251-254.
7. Low PA, Amadio PC, Wilson PR, McManis PG, Willner CL. Laboratory findings in reflex sympathetic dystrophy: a preliminary report. Clin J Pain 1994;10:235-239.
8. Low PA, Caskey PE, Tuck RR, Fealey RD, Dyck PJ. Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test in normal and neuropathic subjects. Ann Neurol 1983;14:573-580.
9. Low PA, Denq JC, Opfer-Gehrking TL, Dyck PJ, O'Brien PC, Slezak JM. Effect of age and gender on sudomotor and cardiovagal function and blood pressure response to tilt in normal subjects. Muscle Nerve 1997;1561-1568.
10. Low PA, Opfer-Gehrking TL, Kihara M. In vivo studies on the receptor pharmacology of the human eccrine sweat gland. Clin Auton Res 1992;2:29-34.
11. Ludin HP. Praktische Elektromyographie, Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 1993.
12. Said G, Slamma G, Selva J. Progressive centripetal degeneration of axons in distal small fibre diabetic polyneuropathy. Brain 1983;106:791-807.
13. Stewart JD, Low PA, Fealey RD. Distal small fiber neuropathy: results of tests of sweating and autonomic cardiovascular reflexes. Muscle Nerve 1992;15:661-665.
14. Stewart JD, Nguyen DM, Abrahamowicz M. Quantitative sweat testing using acetylcholine for direct and axon reflex mediated stimulation with silicone mold recording; controls versus neuropathic diabetics. Muscle Nerve 1994;17:1370-1377.
15. Westerman RA, Pano I, Rabavilas A, Hahn A, Nunn A, Roberts RG, Burry H. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy altered axon reflex and autonomic responses. Clin Exp Neurol 1992;29: 210-233.