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Psychosomatic Medicine 5:241-253 (1943)
© 1943 American Psychosomatic Society

The Measurement of Autonomic Balance in Children: Method and Normative Data

M. A. WENGER 1 and MARGARET ELLINGTON 1

1 The Samuel S. Fels Research Institute, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

A seven-test battery for use in obtaining quantitative estimates of the functional status of the autonomic nervous system is described in detail. The seven tests are Persistance of Red Dermographia, Salivary Output, Palmar and Volar Skin Conductance, Heart and Respiration Period, and Pulse Pressure. Normative data are presented for each of these tests, based upon three winter measurements of the child subjects of the Fels Research Institute who were between six and twelve years of age. Tables are presented for the conversion of raw data from these tests into standard score form, and the method of utilizing these standard scores in obtaining estimates of Autonomic Balance is illustrated.




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