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The Thermal Sensitivity Test in Evaluating Outcome after Peripheral Nerve Injury
Joint Authors
Pankowski, Rafal
Ceynowa, Marcin
Mazurek, Tomasz
Rocławski, Marek
Treder, Mariusz
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability to discriminate temperatures in patients following peripheral nerve injury.
Knowing that temperature sensibility is mediated by different receptors, the scores were compared to other functional hand scores in order to determine whether the ability to discriminate temperatures is restored to a different extent compared with other commonly evaluated hand function modalities.
The test was performed using the NTE-2 device (Physitemp Instruments Inc., 154 Huron Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey, USA).
Out of 57 patients, 27 had normal thermal discrimination scores, and 9 could not tell the temperatures apart in the differences set on the measuring device.
Overall, patients with better thermal discrimination had also better hand function as evaluated with different methods.
However, some patients who did regain the ability to differentiate temperatures correctly did not have any measurable return of hand function in other tests.
Thermal discrimination scores correlated similarly with different functional scores, except for vibration sensibility, which did not show any significant correlation.
The development and severity of cold intolerance seem to be unrelated to temperature sense.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ceynowa, Marcin& Mazurek, Tomasz& Pankowski, Rafal& Rocławski, Marek& Treder, Mariusz. 2015. The Thermal Sensitivity Test in Evaluating Outcome after Peripheral Nerve Injury. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055831
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ceynowa, Marcin…[et al.]. The Thermal Sensitivity Test in Evaluating Outcome after Peripheral Nerve Injury. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055831
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ceynowa, Marcin& Mazurek, Tomasz& Pankowski, Rafal& Rocławski, Marek& Treder, Mariusz. The Thermal Sensitivity Test in Evaluating Outcome after Peripheral Nerve Injury. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055831
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1055831