Directional sensibility for quantification of tactile dysfunction

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1414-1421

  Olausson, Håkan ^a   Norrsell, Ulf ^a   Göthner, Karin ^a   Wallin, B Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conduction; Directional sensibility; Nerve; Neuropathy; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION; SENSATION DISORDERS; TOUCH;

EID: 0030769596     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199711)20:11<1414::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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