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Quantitative Sensory Testing (CASE IV System) References and Suggested Reading

See also Autonomic (Q-Sweat) References page

1. "A computer evaluation of quantitative algorithms for measuring detection thresholds of cutaneous sensation." O'Brien, PC; Dyck, PJ; Kosanke, JL. In Quantification of Neurologic Deficit, Munsat, TL (ed.). Butterworths, Boston, MA: 197-206.

2. "A 4, 2, and 1 stepping algorithm for quick and accurate estimation of cutaneous sensation threshold." Dyck PJ; O'Brien, PC; Kosanke, JL; Gillen, DA; Karnes, JL. Neurology, 43 (1993): 1508-1512. *

3. "A standard test of heat-pain responses using CASE IV." Dyck, PJ; Zimmerman, IR; Johnson, DM; Gillen, DA; Hokanson, JL; Karnes, JL; Gruener, G; and O'Brien, PC. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 136 (1996): 54-63.

4. "Aldose reductase inhibitors and diabetic neuropathy." Dyck, PJ. Technical report, American Diabetes Association, 1989.

5. "Approaches to quantitative cutaneous sensory assessment." Dyck, PJ; O'Brien, PC. In Quantification of Neurologic Deficit, Munsat, TL (ed.). Butterworths, Boston, MA: chapter 15: 187-195.

6. "Clinical and neuropathological criteria for the diagnosis and staging of diabetic polyneuropathy." Dyck, PJ; Karnes, JL; Daube, J.; O'Brien, PC; Service, J. Brain, 108 (1985): 861-880.

7. "Comparison of algorithms of testing for use in automated evaluation of sensation." Dyck, PJ; Karnes, L; Gillen, DA; O'Brien, PC; Zimmerman, IR; Johnson, DM. Neurology, 40 (1990): 1607-1613. *

8. "Cool, warm, and heat-pain detection thresholds: Testing methods and inferences about anatomic distribution of receptors." Dyck PJ; Zimmerman, IR; Gillen, DA; Johnson, D.; Karnes, JL; O'Brien, PC. Neurology, 43 (1993): 1500-1508. *

9. "Description of ‘Minnesota Thermal Disks' and normal values of cutaneous thermal discrimination in man." Dyck, PJ; Curtis, DJ; Bushek, W. Neurology, 24:4 (1974): 325-330.

10. "Detection, characterization, and staging of polyneuropathy: assessed in diabetics." Dyck, PJ. Muscle and Nerve, 11 (1988): 21-32. *

11. "Detection thresholds of cutaneous sensation." Dyck PJ; Karnes, JL; O'Brien, PC. In Diabetic Neuropathy, Dyck PJ; Thomas, PK; Asbury, A; Winegrad, A; Porte, D (eds.). WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1987: chapter 11, 107-121.

12. "Detection thresholds of cutaneous sensation in humans." Dyck PJ; Karnes, JL; O'Brien, PC; Zimmerman, IR. In Peripheral Neuropathy, Dyck PJ; Thomas, PK; Lambert, EH; Bunge, R. (eds.). WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1984: 1103-1138.

13. "Intradermal recombinant human nerve growth factor induces pressure allodynia and lowered heat-pain threshold in humans." Dyck, PJ; Peroutka, S; Rask, C; Burton, E; Baker, MK; Lehman, KA; Gillen, DA; Hokanson, BA; O'Brien, PC. Neurology, 48 (1997): 501-505. *

14. "Introduction of automated systems to evaluate touch-pressure, vibration, and thermal cutaneous sensation in man." Dyck, PJ; Zimmerman, IR; O'Brien, PC; Ness, A; Caskey, Patrick E; Karnes, JL; Bushek, W. Annals of Neurology, 4 (1978): 502-510. *

15. "Limitations of quantitative sensory testing when patients are biased toward a bad outcome." Dyck, PJ; Dyck, PJB; Kennedy, WR; Kesserwani, H; Melanson, M; Ochoa, J; Shy, M; Stevens, JC; Suarez, GA; O'Brien, PC. Neurology, 50 (1998): 1213. *

16. "Meaningful degrees of prevention or improvement of nerve conduction in controlled clinical trials of diabetic neuropathy." Dyck, PJ; O'Brien, PC. Diabetes Care, 12 (1989): 649-652.

17. "Neuropathy symptom profile in health, motor neuron disease, diabetic neuropathy, and amyloidosis." Dyck, PJ; Karnes, JL; O'Brien, PC; Swanson, CJ. Neurology, 36 (1986): 1300-1308.

18. "Neurophysiologic Evaluation and Clinical Trials for Neuromuscular Diseases." Olney, R. K. Muscle and Nerve, 21 (1998): 1365-1367.

19. "Procedures for setting normal values." O'Brien, PC; Dyck PJ. Neurology, 45:1 (1995): 17-23. **

20. "Quantitative sensory testing: A consensus report from the Peripheral Neuropathy Association." Neurology, 43 (1993): 1050-1052. *

21. "Quantitative Sensory Testing: Methodology, Applications, and Future Directions." Gruener, G; Dyck PJ. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 11 (1994): 568-583. *

22. "Recombinant human nerve growth factor and diabetic polyneuropathy." Zochodne, D; Said, G. Neurology, 51 (1998): 662-663. XX

23. "Recombinant human nerve growth factor in the treatment of diabetic polyneuropathy." Apfel, SC; Kessler, JA; Adornato, BT; Litchy, WJ; Sanders, C; Rask, CA; and the NGF Study Group. Neurology, 51 (1998): 695-702. XXX

24. "The Rochester Diabetic Neuropathy Study: Design, criteria for types of neuropathy, selection bias, and reproducibility of neuropathic tests." Dyck, PJ; Kratz, KM; Lehman, KA; Karnes, JL; Melton III, LJ; O'Brien, PC; Litchy, WJ; Windebank, AJ; Smith, BE; Low, PA; Service, FJ; Rizza, RA; Zimmerman, IR. Neurology, 41 (1991): 799-807. *

25. "Variables influencing neuropathic endpoints: The Rochester Diabetic Neuropathy Study of Healthy Subjects." Dyck PJ; Litchy, WJ; Lehman, KA; Hokanson, JL; Low, PA; O'Brien, PC. Neurology, 45 (1995): 1115-1121. *

26. "Vibratory and cooling detection thresholds compared with other tests in diagnosing and staging diabetic neuropathy." Dyck, PJ; Bushek, W; Spring, EM; Karnes, JL; Litchy, WJ; O'Brien, PC; Service, FJ. Diabetes Care, 10 (1987): 432-440. *

27. Understanding Neuropathy. Dyck, PJ. American Diabetes Assoc. Advanced Information Series reprint 308, 1986.

28. "Essential Insights On Screening Patients For Neuropathy." Haddad, J. Podiatry Today on-line, April 2001 issue (http://www.podiatrytoday.com/archive/ pod_200104/pod_200104f4.html).

 

* Address reprint requests to Peter J. Dyck, MD, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
** Address reprint requests to Peter C. O'Brien, PhD, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
XX Address reprint requests to Douglas Zochodne, MD, University of Calgary, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Room 182A, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.
XXX Address reprint requests to S. C. Apfel, MD, Kennedy Center, Room 401, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461.

 

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