Thermal perception thresholds recorded using method of limits change over brief time intervals

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-334

  Palmer, Shea T ^a   Martin, Denis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantitative Sensory Testing; Reliability; Repeatability; Thermal; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLD; COLD SENSATION; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644634823     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220500420731     Document Type: Article

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