Journal article
Vibrotactile Threshold Measurement for Detecting Neurotoxicity: Reliability and Determination of Age- and Height-Standardized Normative Values
Archives of environmental health, Vol.45(3), pp.148-154
05/01/1990
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1990.9936708
PMID: 2167042
Abstract
Damage to the peripheral nervous system by neurotoxic agents can result in elevated sensory thresholds. In this study, the results of two studies in a program of validation of vibrotactile threshold test performance are presented. First, the test-retest reliability and time efficiency of two methods for generating vibrotactile thresholds were determined in a sample of subjects known to be at risk for peripheral neuropathy, 22 diabetics. Specifically, a forced-choice method was compared to a method-of-limits procedure. The method of limits was found to be as reliable as the forced-choice procedure and required less time to administer. The second study was undertaken to determine the magnitude of major effect modifiers on vibrotactile thresholds. Vibration thresholds were determined using a method-of-limits procedure in 131 blue-collar workers who were 29-76 y of age. Equations relating vibrotactile threshold estimated by the method-of-limits procedure to age and height are presented for the upper and lower extremities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Vibrotactile Threshold Measurement for Detecting Neurotoxicity: Reliability and Determination of Age- and Height-Standardized Normative Values
- Creators
- Fredric Gerr - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiDawn Hershman - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiRichard Letz - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of environmental health, Vol.45(3), pp.148-154
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/00039896.1990.9936708
- PMID
- 2167042
- ISSN
- 0003-9896
- eISSN
- 2331-4303
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/1990
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984363627802771
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