Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing of the hand in a cohort of young, healthy adults

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-552

  Moloney, Niamh A ^a   Hall, Toby M ^b   O'Sullivan, Tomas C ^a   Doody, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neurophysiology; Quantitative sensory testing; Reliability; Thermal detection thresholds; Thermal pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TEST;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMORECEPTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052879988     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22121     Document Type: Article

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