Quantitative Sensory Testing in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1183-1192

  Fründt, Odette ^a   Grashorn, Wiebke ^a   Schöttle, Daniel ^a   Peiker, Ina ^a,b   David, Nicole ^a   Engel, Andreas K ^a   Forkmann, Katarina ^a,c   Wrobel, Nathalie ^a   Münchau, Alexander ^a,d   Bingel, Ulrike ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Hypersensitivity; Hyposensitivity; Quantitative sensory testing; Sensory thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011552239     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3041-4     Document Type: Article

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