Somatosensory assessment: Can seeing produce feeling?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-203

  Halligan, Peter W ^a,b   Marshall, John C ^b   Hunt, Malar ^a   Wade, Derick T ^a  

^a RIVERMEAD REHABILITATION CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sensory loss; Somatosensory assessment; Stroke; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STROKE; TOUCH; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 0031038598     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050073     Document Type: Article

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