Quantitative sensory testing: Effect of site and pressure on vibration thresholds

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1066-1069

  Hagander, Louise G ^a   Midani, Hani A ^b   Kuskowski, Michael A ^b   Parry, Gareth J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure; Quantitative sensory testing; Site; Vibration threshold; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HALLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHALANX; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOES; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034213272     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00278-9     Document Type: Article

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