Residual limbs of amputees are significantly cooler than contralateral intact limbs

Pain Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 342-347

  Harden, R Norman ^a   Gagnon, Christine M ^a   Gallizzi, Michael ^a   Khan, Anjum S ^a   Newman, Devon ^b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal residual limbs; Sympathetically maintained pain; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELETHERMOGRAPHY; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHANTOM LIMB; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 52949113036     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2008.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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