Fingertip touch improves postural stability in patients with peripheral neuropathy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 238-247

  Dickstein, Ruth ^b   Shupert, Charlotte L ^a   Horak, Fay B ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Light touch; Peripheral neuropathy; Postural stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VELOCITY;

AGED; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0034803915     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(01)00161-8     Document Type: Article

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