Figure 1From: Self-reported cold sensitivity in normal subjects and in patients with traumatic hand injuries or hand-arm vibration syndrome Cold Intolerance Symptom Severity (CISS) score in subgroups. The cut-off for abnormality is based on the 95th percentile of the highest CISS scores in the normal population [6]). An abnormal CISS score was seen in 39/86 (45%) patients with a traumatic hand injury and in 21/28 (75%) of patients with HAVS. Patients with HAVS had significantly higher CISS scores than patients with traumatic hand injury (p = 0.004).Back to article page