Relationship of Q-sweat to quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test (QSART) volumes

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-246

  Sletten, David M ^a   Weigand, Stephen D ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Autonomic testing; Q Sweat; QSART; Sudomotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MAYO QUANTITATIVE SUDOMOTOR AXON REFLEX TESTING; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SWEAT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; REFLEX; SWEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649127384     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21464     Document Type: Article

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