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Effect of water temperature on skin wrinkling
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Scott and White Clinic and Memorial Hospital, Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, USA.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Determining the status of peripheral innervation can be difficult in certain patients. The phenomenon of skin wrinkling has been shown to be a reliable indicator of gross nerve function. This study examines the effect of various water temperatures on the time to skin wrinkling. The optimal temperature for testing hands is 40 degrees C and skin wrinkling should occur in approximately 3.5 minutes.