Avtor/Urednik     Meh, Duška; Denišlič, Miro
Naslov     Application of thermotest
Tip     članek
Vir     In: INABIS 2000. 6th internet world congress for biomedical science; 2000 Feb 14-25; La Mancha; Spain. La Mancha: Spanish society of health informatics,
Leto izdaje     2000
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The modern neurophysiological method, accurate psychophysical Marstock method for thermal specific and thermal pain sensitivity determination, was performed in patients suffering from different diseases (type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, primary Sjogren's syndrome, peripheral neuropathy of different origin, syringomyelia and multiple sclerosis). Different types of abnormalities were found and no specific alteration patterns were identified. The abnormalities recorded depend on the stage of the disease. The study confirms that thermotest is a sensitive although, unfortunately, unspecific index of somatoaesthesia. The method is appropriate for following the disease or rehabilitation progression. For an exact diagnosis of somatosensory dysfunctions, aberrant sensations are at least equally important as hypo- or hyperaesthetic phenomena.
Deskriptorji     PSYCHOPHYSICS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
SENSATION DISORDERS
SYRINGOMYELIA
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
SENSORY THRESHOLDS
ANESTHESIA
ANALGESIA
DIABETES MELLITUS
SJOGREN-LARSSON SYNDROME