title: Hand temperature norms for headache, hypertension, and irritable bowel syndrome.
abstract: Hand temperature norms are presented for 221 headache patients (migraine, mixed, and tension), 105 hypertensives, 45 irritable bowel syndrome patients, and 56 normal controls under conditions of resting baseline, self-relaxation, volitional handwarming, mental arithmetic, and cold pressor. The two vascular headache groups (migraine and mixed) had significantly lower hand temperatures across conditions.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Albany.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morrill
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wittrock
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scharff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaccard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006261:Headache / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011603:Psychophysiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013315:Stress, Psychological