The spoon test: a simple bedside test for assessing sudomotor autonomic failure.
The efficacy of a new dual simple bedside test--the spoon test--in demonstrating sudomotor skin derangements was assessed. The results were compared with those defined by the quinizarine sweat test. The advantages and disadvantages of these two above and other known similar tests are discussed.
D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods*; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000294:innervation*; D013546:Sweating; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology