Author/Editor		Meh, Duška; Denišlič, Miro
Title		Psychophysical sensory tests in multiple sclerosis patients
Type		članek
Source		In: INABIS 2000. 6th internet world congress for biomedical science; 2000 Feb 14-25; La Mancha; Spain. La Mancha: Spanish society of health informatics,
Publication year		2000
Language		eng
Abstract		Two psychophysical methods, quantitative somatosensory thermotest and vibrametry, were used to evaluate clinically overt and clinically silent sensory abnormalities in 18 patients with definite multiple sclerosis. Seventeen percent of patients reported sensory symptoms at the interview (17 % thermal and 6 % vibratory), while neurologic examination disclosed sensory alterations in 78 %. Psychophysically determined thermal specific and/or thermal pain sensitivities were found to be altered in 89 % of the patients, while vibration sensitivity was impaired in 67 %. Quantitative somatosensory thermotest and vibrametry established randomly distributed and, occasionally, asymptomatic lesions. Psychophysical methods should have an important role in the representation of subclinical demyelinating lesions.
Descriptors		MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SENSATION DISORDERS THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY VIBRATION PSYCHOPHYSICS PAIN DEMYELINATING DISEASES DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING