The Thermal Sensitivity Test in Evaluating Outcome after Peripheral Nerve Injury

Table 1

Scores for temperature measurement test with NTE-2.

	Group 5	Group 4	Group 3	Group 2	Group 1
Age	Normal	Borderline normal	Mild neuropathy	Mild moderate neuropathy	Severe moderate neuropathy	Severe neuropathy
	(Correct at 2,5 SD)	(Correct at 3,5 SD)	(Correct at 5 SD)	(Correct at 6,5 SD)	(Correct at 8 SD)	(Incorrect at 8 SD)
<30	1,4	1,7	2,1	2,6	3	>3,0
31–45	1,4	1,8	2,2	2,7	3,2	>3,2
46–60	1,6	1,9	2,5	3	3,5	>3,5
>60	1,9	2,3	2,9	3,6	4,2	>4,2

Values in the table are the lowest correctly recognized temperature difference. Temperature differences are presented in degrees Celsius.