Assessment of spinothalamic tract function beyond pinprick in spinal cord lesions: A contact heat evoked potential study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 494-503

  Haefeli, Jenny ^a   Kramer, John L K ^a,b   Blum, Julia ^a   Curt, Armin ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Crawford Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact heat evoked potentials; Nociception; Pinprick; Sensory assessment; Spinothalamic tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT HEAT EVOKED POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MYELITIS; NOCICEPTION; PINPRICK TEST; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; SYRINGOMYELIA; TEMPERATURE; HEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTION; PAIN PERCEPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903556446     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313517755     Document Type: Article

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