Computer-assisted thermal threshold testing - Normative data and sources of variability;Po_̌acitačem asistované stanovení termického prahu - Normativní data a zdroje variability

Ceska a Slovenska Neurologie a Neurochirurgie

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-269

  Moravcova E ^a   Bednarik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Constant stimulus methods; Reaction time methods; Small nerve fibres; Thermal threshold testing

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; ARM; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LEG; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0042701461     PISSN: 12107859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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