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R_Contrast: Rapid measurement of recognition contrast thresholds. [PDF]

, 1997
R_Contrast is a program for the rapid assessment of recognition contrast thresholds on the ...
Strasburger, Hans, Hans Strasburger
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Injury Threshold of Oral Contact with Hot Foods and Method for Its Sensory Evaluation

Safety, 2018
Epidemiological studies indicate an increased risk of esophageal cancer from the consumption of very hot foods and beverages. The contact time and the contact temperature are decisive for the risk of injury.
Dirk W. Lachenmeier, Walter Lachenmeier
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Early diagnosis of neuropathy in leprosy: comparing diagnostic tests in a large prospective study (the INFIR Cohort Study) [PDF]

, 2008
BackgroundLeprosy is the most frequent treatable neuromuscular disease. Yet, every year, thousands of patients develop permanent peripheral nerve damage as a result of leprosy.
Wilder-Smith, Einar P, Pramila Barkataki, van Brakel, Wim H, van Brakel Wim H., Wim H van Brakel, Diana N J Lockwood, Einar P Wilder-Smith, Nicholls Peter G., Peter G Nicholls, Wilder-Smith Einar P., Nicholls, Peter G, Lockwood Diana N. J., Das Loretta, INFIR Study Group, Nicholls, Peter G., Lockwood, Diana N.J, Das, Loretta, Barkataki, Pramila, Barkataki Pramila, van Brakel, W.H., Loretta Das, Wilder-Smith, Einar P., Lockwood, Diana NJ   +22 more
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The effects of nitrous oxide upon sensory thresholds [PDF]

Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal, 1960
1. Sensory thresholds have been measured in human subjects while breathing 25 per cent nitrous oxide in oxygen. 2. Nitrous oxide produced a significant and sometimes dramatic increase in the thresholds for touch, skin pain, warmth, vision, and hearing. 3.
B D, BURNS, J G, ROBSON, P J, WELT
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Effects of diflunisal on cutaneous sensory and pain thresholds

Clinical therapeutics, 1988
The analgesic activity of diflunisal was evaluated through the measurement of cutaneous sensory and pain thresholds after electrical stimulation. Twelve healthy volunteers were examined at baseline and five hourly intervals after oral administration ...
OBLETTER, Gabriele, VECCHIET, Leonardo, Dragani L., GIAMBERARDINO, Maria Adele   +3 more
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Effect of interferential current of different amplitude-modulated frequencies, on threshold and number of accommodations on healthy painless individuals

Revista Dor
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Despite the widespread use of interferential current, controversy exists in the literature on the optimal stimulation parameters.
Beatriz Gavassa de Araújo, Karina Maria Filipin, Tathiane Pasqualli, Lucinéia de Fátima Chasko Ribeiro, Gladson Ricardo Flor Bertolini   +4 more
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Spatial Frequency Discrimination of Band-limited Periodic Targets: Effects of Stimulus Contrast, Bandwidth and Retinal Eccentricity [PDF]

, 1992
Two experiments were conducted to explore the ability of human observers to discriminate the spatial frequency of briefly-presented, Gaussian-truncated sinewave gratings.
Greenlee, Mark W.
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Minimizing the source of nociception and its concurrent effect on sensory hypersensitivity: An exploratory study in chronic whiplash patients

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2010
Background The cervical zygapophyseal joints may be a primary source of pain in up to 60% of individuals with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD) and may be a contributing factor for peripheral and centrally mediated pain (sensory ...
Stratford Paul, Hooper Allen, Smith Ashley D, Schneider Geoff M, Schneider Kathryn J, Westaway Michael D, Frizzell Bevan, Olson Lee   +7 more
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Vibration influences haptic perception of surface compliance during walking [PDF]

, 2011
<b>Background</b> The haptic perception of ground compliance is used for stable regulation of dynamic posture and the control of locomotion in diverse natural environments.
Guillaume Millet, Harris, J., Visell, Y., Bruno L Giordano, Jeremy R Cooperstock, Cooperstock, J.R., Yon Visell, Bruno L. Giordano, Jeremy R. Cooperstock, Giordano, B.L., Millet, G.   +10 more
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Heterogeneity in the Global Practice of Central Nervous System Staging in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is assessed by cell counting and cytomorphology from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used for treatment stratification worldwide. The ratio of “CNS2” patients in clinical trials ranges from 3% to 40%, with unclear prognostic significance ...
Laura Almási, Bernadett Borbála Huszti, Gábor Barna, Marko Kavcic, Janez Jazbec, Lennart Lenk, Vera Münch, Sophia Polychronopoulou, Ágnes Márk, Maria Thastrup, Lüder H. Meyer, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Cornelia Eckert, Christina Halsey, Dániel J. Erdélyi   +14 more
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