Thermal perception threshold testing for the evaluation of small sensory nerve fiber injury in patients with hand-arm vibration syndrome

Industrial Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 366-371

  Toibana, N ^a   Sakakibara, H ^a   Hirata, M ^a   Kondo, T ^a   Toyoshima, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pain threshold; Sensory nerve; Thermal threshold; Vibration induced neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NERVE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033776979     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.38.366     Document Type: Article

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