Wolfensberger M, Schnieper I
Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Basel.
HNO. 1999 Jul;47(7):629-36. doi: 10.1007/s001060050436.
The Sniffin'Sticks test battery consists of a short screening test and tests for odor detection thresholds (using n-butanol), odor discrimination and odor identification. We evaluated the usefulness of this new test in clinical practice and propose normative values.
In the present study 30 normosmic and 15 anosmic volunteers as well as 35 patients with various olfactory dysfunctions were examined.
All four Sniffin'Sticks tests were able to separate normosmics and anosmics in a highly significant manner. Even a small decrease in olfactory performance was detectable in elderly patients. For practical purposes the sensitivity of the test for screening test was found to be too low. The good correlation between the individual Sniffin'Sticks tests and the correlation between the Sniffin'Sticks test battery and the "University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test" (UPSIT) test battery and the "University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test" (UPSIT) document the reliability of these tests.
Our findings show that the Sniffin'Sticks are well suited to assess olfactory performance in clinical practice.
“嗅觉棒”测试组合包括一项简短的筛查测试以及气味检测阈值测试（使用正丁醇）、气味辨别和气味识别测试。我们评估了这项新测试在临床实践中的实用性并提出了正常值。
在本研究中，对30名嗅觉正常者、15名嗅觉丧失者以及35名患有各种嗅觉功能障碍的患者进行了检查。
“嗅觉棒”的所有四项测试都能够高度显著地区分嗅觉正常者和嗅觉丧失者。在老年患者中甚至可以检测到嗅觉功能的轻微下降。出于实际目的，发现该筛查测试的敏感性过低。“嗅觉棒”各项测试之间的良好相关性以及“嗅觉棒”测试组合与“宾夕法尼亚大学嗅觉识别测试”（UPSIT）测试组合之间的相关性证明了这些测试的可靠性。
我们的研究结果表明，“嗅觉棒”非常适合在临床实践中评估嗅觉功能。
