A portable system for measuring cutaneous thresholds for warming and cooling.
Measurement of cutaneous thermal thresholds is a valuable technique for detecting small fibre neuropathy. A robust and portable microcomputer controlled system, which separately measures thresholds for warming and cooling, is described. Thresholds at three sites have been measured; the cheek, the dorsum of the hand and the sole of the foot. Regional variability and a correlation with age have been found, indicating the sensitivity of this system.
Fowler
C J
CJ
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
Carroll
M B
MB
Burns
D
D
Howe
N
N
Robinson
K
K
D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D009462:Neurology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011601:Psychophysics; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation*; D013823:Thermoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D013697:Thermosensing / Q000502:physiology*