Quantitative sensory testing: Effect of site and skin temperature on thermal thresholds

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Hagander, Louise G ^a   Midani, Hani A ^b   Kuskowski, Michael A ^b   Parry, Gareth J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantitative sensory testing; Site; Skin temperature; Thermal pain; Thermal threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COLD; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WRIST;

EID: 0033990955     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00192-3     Document Type: Article

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