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Quantitative sensory testing: high sensitivity in small fiber neuropathy with normal NCS/EMG
Author(s) -
Magda Paul,
Latov Norman,
Renard Michelle V.,
Sander Howard W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the peripheral nervous system
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1529-8027
pISSN - 1085-9489
DOI - 10.1046/j.1529-8027.2002.02029.x
Subject(s) - quantitative sensory testing , medicine , sensory threshold , sensory system , peripheral neuropathy , neuroscience , psychology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , cognitive science
We evaluated the diagnostic sensitivity of quantitative sensory testing (QST), using the CASE IV system, in 14 patients with clinically diagnosed small‐fiber neuropathy and normal traditional electrodiagnostic studies. All patients had at least 1 abnormal threshold, 13 patients had abnormal heat‐pain thresholds, 8 had abnormal cold thresholds, and 7 had abnormal vibration thresholds. QST is therefore highly effective in documenting dysfunction in small fiber neuropathy patients.