Cutaneous thermal thresholds - The reproducibility of their measurements and the effect of gender

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-346

  Golja, Petra ^a,b   Tipton, Michael J ^b   Mekjavic, Igor B ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous threshold assessment; Psychophysical methods; Temperature sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENDER; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038633484     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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