Quantitative thermal perception testing in preschool children

✍ Scribed by Max J. Hilz; Susanne E. Glorius; Gisela Schweibold; Irene Neuner; Brigitte Stemper; Felicia B. Axelrod

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 257 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-639X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199603)19:3<381::aid-mus18>3.0.co;2-v

✦ Synopsis

Forty-one boys and 33 girls, aged 3.2-6.9 years (5.5 & 0.9 years [mean ? SD]), participated in the study after informed consent had been obtained. Three children were below the age of 4 years (3.2, 3.6, and 3.7 years), 15 children were 4-5 (mean 4.5 ? 2.6) years old, 29 children were 5-6 (mean 5.5 ? 0.3) years old, and 27 children were 6-6.9 (mean 6.5 * 0.3) years old. Warm (WT) or cold (CT) perception thresholds were determined according to the "method of limits"','0 using a ThermotestTM combined with a Senselab'" program (Somedic, Stockholm, Swe-