Temperature Sensation Threshold at Different Skin Sites of the Upper Limbs:20 Normal Subjects Reports
- VernacularTitle:正常人上肢不同部位的温度觉阈值20例观察
- Author:
Fubiao HUANG
;
Nara Nobuhiro
;
Tonghong CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
quantitative sensory testing(QST), temperature sensation, thresholds, upper limbs
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2007;13(11):1087-1088
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the thermal thresholds in normal subjects and their relation with gender and site.MethodsThe thresholds of sensation of cold,warm,cold pain and hot pain in 20 healthy subjects were measured at 10 sites of upper limbs with the TSA-Ⅱ Neurosensory Analyzer under the Limits model.ResultsThere was no remarkable differences between the thresholds of sensation of cold and warm,but obvious differences between the sensation of cold pain and hot pain in different skin sites,as well as between the males and females,left and right in some sensation and some sites.ConclusionFor the normal people,there is a certain relationship among thermal threshold and gender or site of body.
