A team from Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands, analysed the results of temperature threshold testing in 81 patients with small-fibre neuropathies and 81 controls, and identified the most time-efficient protocol for diagnosis. Leaving out heat pain threshold testing and limiting the assessment to patients' abilities to detect changes in warm and cool stimuli in both hands and feet yielded diagnostic sensitivity of 84% and specificity of 93%, and shortened examinations from 90 min to 40 min.