74
Views
18
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Adaptation to warming but not cooling at slow rates of stimulus change in thermal threshold measurements

&
Pages 45-48 | Received 07 Aug 2004, Accepted 05 Jan 2005, Published online: 31 Jan 2011

References

  • Bartlett G, Stewart JD, Tamblyn R, Abrahamowicz M. 1998. Normal distributions of thermal and vibration sensory thresholds. Muscle & Nerve 21:367–374.
  • Dyck PJ, Zimmerman I, Gillan DA, Johnson LPN, Karnes JL, O’brien PC. 1993. Cool, warm and heat pain detection thresholds: testing methods and inferences about anatomical distribution of receptors. Neurology 43:1500–1508.
  • Fruhstorfer H, Lindblom U, Schmidt WG. 1976. Method for quantitative estimation of thermal thresholds in patients. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 39:1071–1075.
  • Greenspan JD, Kenshalo DR. 1985. The primate as a model for the human temperature-sensing system: 2. Area of skin receiving thermal stimulation (spatial summation). Somatosensory & Motor Research 2:315–324.
  • Hilz MJ, Stemper B, Axelrod FB, Kolodny EH, Neundorfer B. 1999. Quantitative thermal perception testing in adults. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 16:462–471.
  • Hurtig IM, Raak RI, Kendall SA, Gerdle B, Wahren LK. 2001. Quantitative sensory testing in fibromyalgia patients and in healthy subjects: identification of subgroups. The Clinical Journal of Pain 17:316–322.
  • Kenshalo DR, Holmes CE, Wood PB. 1968. Warm and cool thresholds as a function of rate of stimulus temperature change, Perception & Psychophysics 3:81–84.
  • Kemler MA, Reulen JP, van Kleef M, Barendse GA, van den Wildenberg FA, Spaans F. 2000. Thermal thresholds in complex regional pain syndromes type 1: sensitivity and repeatability of the method of limits and levels. Clinical Neurophysiology 111:1561–1568.
  • Kojo I, Pertovaara A. 1987. The effects of stimulus area and adaptation temperature on warm and heat pain thresholds in man. International Journal of Neuroscience 32:875–880.
  • Nygaard OP, Mellgren SI. 1998. The function of sensory nerve fibres in lumbar radiculopathy: use of quantitative sensory testing in the exploration of different populations of nerve fibres and dermatomes. Spine 23:348–352.
  • Pappagallo M, Oaklander AL, Quatrano-Piacentini AL, Clark MR, Raja SN. 2000. Heterogenous patterns of sensory dysfunction in postherpetic neuralgia suggest multiple pathophysiological mechanisms. Anesthesiology 92:691–698.
  • Palmer ST, Martin DJ, Steedman WM, Ravey J. 2000. C and A delta-fibre mediated thermal perception: response to rate of temperature change using method of limits. Somatosensory & Motor Research 17:325–333.
  • Pertovaara A, Kojo I. 1985. Influence of rate of temperature change on thermal thresholds in man. Experimental Neurology 87:439–445.
  • Reulen JPH, Lansbergen MDI, Verstraete E, Spaans F. 2003. Comparison of thermal threshold tests to assess small nerve fibre function: limits vs levels. Clinical Neurophysiology 114:556–563.
  • Swerup C, Nieson BY. 1987. Dependency of thermal thresholds in man on the rate of temperature change. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica 131:623–624.
  • Yarnitsky D, Ochoa JL. 1990. Studies of heat pain sensation in man: perception thresholds, rate of stimulus rise and reaction time. Pain 40:85–91.
  • Yarnitsky D, Ochoa JL. 1991. Warm and cold specific somato-sensory systems. Psychophysical thresholds, reaction times and peripheral conduction velocities. Brain 114:1819–26.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.