title: Normative values of quantitative sensory testing in Hispanic Latino population.
abstract: Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) is more often used because of the increasing recognition of small fiber neuropathy.
  
  
  
  We studied QST in a systematic way in an age-stratified cohort of 83 neurological-free Hispanic Latinamerican patients. Predefined standardized stimuli were applied using the method of limits.
  
  
  
  WDT range from 2.2 to 3.3°C in hands, and from 4.0°C up to 6.6°C in feet. Cold detection threshold range from 2.2 to 3.6°C in hands, and from 2.6°C to 4.5°C in feet. Heat-induced pain (HP) was induced at lower temperatures than previously reported, with a range from 41.8°C to 44.5°C in hands and from 43.2 to 45.7°C in feet. Similar to HP, cold pain was also induced at much higher temperatures, between 21.4-17.3°C in hands and 21.5-16.5°C in feet. Vibratory stimuli ranged from 0.8 to 1.7 μ/sec in hands and from 1.4 to 3.5 μ/sec in feet.
  
  
  
  Temperature and vibration thresholds were similar to those previously reported in other populations except for pain thresholds that were lower in this population than in the Caucasian population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán México City México.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Duarte
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán México City México.
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lem-Carrillo
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán México City México.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guerrero-Torres
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D003943:Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Hispanic; hispanic; quantitative sensory; testing; thermal thresholds