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International Journal of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Volume 3 (2017), Article ID 3:IJPTR-130, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2017/130
Research Article
Method of Limit and Method of Level for Thermal and Pain Detection Assessment

Yi-Jing Lue1,2, Yu-Cheng Shih3, Yen-Mou Lu4,5 and Ya-Fen Liu2,6*

1Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
3National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
4Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
5Department of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
6Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dr. Ya-Fen Liu, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 482, Shanming Rd., Hsiaogang, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan, Tel: 886-7-8036783 (ext. 3529) E-mail: yijilu@kmu.edu.tw
13 December 2016; 03 February 2017; 05 February 2017
Lue YJ, Shih YC, Lu YM, Liu YF (2017) Method of Limit and Method of Level for Thermal and Pain Detection Assessment. Int J Phys Ther Rehab 3: 130.doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2017/130
This work was supported by grants from the National Science Council (NSC 101-2629-B-037-002).
© 2017 Lue et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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