Quantitative assessment of cutaneous thermal and vibration sensation and thermal pain detection thresholds in healthy children and adolescents

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1339-1345

  Meier, Petra M ^a   Berde, Charles B ^a   DiCanzio, James ^a   Zurakowski, David ^b   Sethna, Navil F ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Method of levels; Method of limits; Quantitative sensory testing; Reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMORECEPTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034804758     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1153     Document Type: Article

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