Contact heat evoked potentials: Normal values and use in small-fiber neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 743-749

  Lagerburg, Vera ^a   Bakkers, Mayienne ^b   Bouwhuis, Anne ^b   Hoeijmakers, Janneke G J ^b   Smit, Arjen M ^c   Van Den Berg, Sofia J M ^c   Hordijk De Boer, Ineke ^c   Brouwer Van Der Lee, Mardien D G ^c   Kranendonk, Douwe ^c   Reulen, Jos P H ^b   Faber, Catharina G ^b   Merkies, Ingemar S J ^c  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact heat evoked potentials; Polyneuropathy; Quantitative sensory testing; Reference values; Small fiber neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTACT HEAT EVOKED POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL VALUE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WRIST; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEAT; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ERYTHROMELALGIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; WRIST;

EID: 84928215398     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24465     Document Type: Article

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