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Case Reports
. 1976 Nov;39(11):1071-5.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.39.11.1071.

Method for quantitative estimation of thermal thresholds in patients

H Fruhstorfer, U Lindblom, W C Schmidt
Case Reports

Method for quantitative estimation of thermal thresholds in patients

H Fruhstorfer et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1976 Nov.

Abstract

A quantitative method for the examination of thermal sensibility was applied in 26 normal subjects and in patients with various neurological disorders. The stimulation technique resembled Békésy audiometry: the patient reversed the direction of the temperature change of a thermode whenever warm, cold, or thermal pain thresholds were reached. The resulting temperature curve enables a quantitative description of the subject's thermal sensibility and of the degree of impairment displayed by neurological patients.

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