Research Article

Relationships between Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pain, Skin Temperature Indices of Autonomic Dysregulation, and Sensitivity to Thermal Cutaneous Stimulation

Table 1

Mean and (SD) for palm temperature by group.

Time 1, BaselineTime 2, Immediately after testingTime 3, 3-minutes after testing (recovery)

Stimulated right palm

32.4 (1.0)38.9 (1.0)33.2 (1.6)
32.2 (1.1)38.8 (1.3)32.3 (0.8)

Nonstimulated left palm

32.4 (0.9)32.1 (0.9)32.0 (0.8)
32.2 (0.9)30.7 (0.6)31.2 (0.6)