Differences in the sensations of warmth on the anterior torso of normal and spinal-cord transected individuals

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 218-230

  Dykes, Robert W ^a   Saddiki Traki, Fatima ^a   Tremblay, Nicole ^a   Boureau, François ^a   Morel Fatio, X ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous sensation; Magnitude estimation; Psychophysics; Spinal cord injury; Warm sensations; Warm threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TRUNK;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 0036397329     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022021000009143     Document Type: Article

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