ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2017
Thermal perception thresholds among workers in a cold climate.
Article in International archives of occupational and environmental health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Effect of ambient cold exposure on pain modulation: exploring individually reported thermal comfort as moderating factor in a crossover study of young adults.Scandinavian journal of pain · 2026Trial
- Local cold injury affecting the hand and incident Raynaud's phenomenon - a case report.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Hormonal influences on thermotactile threshold, pain perception threshold and tolerance: A digital thermoaesthesiometer study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- The diagnostic test performance of clinical point-of-care testing in relation to quantitative sensory testing for neurosensory injury among workers exposed to hand-arm vibration.Journal of occupational health · 2025Article
- Self-reported exposure to dust and diesel exhaust, respiratory symptoms, and use of respiratory protective equipment among Arctic miners.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
- Neurosensory and vascular symptoms and clinical findings in the hands of Arctic open-pit miners in Sweden and Norway - a descriptive study.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- Thermal Perceptual Thresholds are typical in Autism Spectrum Disorder but Strongly Related to Intra-individual Response Variability.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Asymptomatic loss of intraepidermal nerve fibers with preserved thermal detection thresholds after repeated exposure to severe cold.Brain and behavior · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate whether exposure to cold could influence the thermal perception thresholds in a working population.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was comprised of 251 males and females and was carried out at two mines in the northern part of Norway and Sweden. The testing included a baseline questionnaire, a clinical examination and measurements of thermal perception thresholds, on both hands, the index (Digit 2) and little (Digit 5) fingers, for heat and cold.
resultsThe thermal perception thresholds were affected by age, gender and test site. The thresholds were impaired by experiences of frostbite in the fingers and the use of medication that potentially could affect neurosensory functions. No differences were found between the calculated normative values for these workers and those in other comparative investigations conducted in warmer climates.
conclusionsThe study provided no support for the hypothesis that living and working in cold climate will lead to impaired thermal perception thresholds. Exposure to cold that had caused localized damage in the form of frostbite was shown to lead to impaired thermal perception.
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