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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2025

New method of thermoregulatory sweat test using metachromatic clothes.

Gunho Lee, Juhyeon Kim, Minkyeong Kim, Minjung Kim, Eun Bin Cho, Ki-Jong Park, NohBin Yim, JunSik Kim, Heeyoung Kang

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Gunho LeeDepartment of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea.
Juhyeon KimDepartment of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, South Korea.
Minkyeong KimDepartment of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, South Korea.
Minjung KimDepartment of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, South Korea.
Eun Bin ChoDepartment of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Changwon Hospital, Changwon, South Korea.
Ki-Jong ParkDepartment of Neurology, Good Morning Hospital, Jinju, South Korea.
NohBin Yim, SayM Limited Company, Seoul, South Korea.
JunSik Kim, SayM Limited Company, Seoul, South Korea.
Heeyoung KangDepartment of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea. miranda75@naver.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-1674

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introductionThe thermoregulatory sweat test (TST) is a useful method for assessing the sweating pathway from central to peripheral regions, but it is not widely used in clinical practice due to the difficulty of the test method, especially when undressing and applying the indicator powder. This study aimed to determine whether metachromatic clothes could replace indicator powder in TST.

methodsThirty healthy adults participated in the study. All participants underwent TST using indicator powder and metachromatic clothes on separate days. The amount of sweating was evaluated as the percentage of sweating area relative to the total measurable body area. The paired t-test was used to analyze whether there was a difference in the amount of sweating measured in the two tests.

resultsThere was no statistically significant difference between the tests using metachromatic clothes and those using indicator powder (p = 0.131). DISCUSSION: TST can be performed using metachromatic clothes instead of indicator powder, which makes TST more accessible in clinical settings.

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Body Temperature RegulationClothingSweatingAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung AdultAutonomic function testMetachromaticSudomotor functionThermoregulatory sweat test

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