Long-term skin temperature measurements - A practical diagnostic tool in complex regional pain syndrome

Pain

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-22

  Krumova, Elena K ^a   Frettlöh, Jule ^a   Klauenberg, Sabrina ^a   Richter, Helmut ^a   Wasner, Gunnar ^b   Maier, Christoph ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 54249119488     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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