Skin temperature side differences - A diagnostic tool for CRPS?

Pain

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-26

  Wasner, Gunnar ^a   Schattschneider, Jörn ^a   Baron, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Skin temperature; Sympathetic nervous system; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036293845     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(01)00470-5     Document Type: Article

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