Sensory Temporal Thresholds and Interhemispheric Transfer Times in Multiple Sclerosis: A Preliminary Study of a New Outcome Measure

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 783-792

  Brown, Lenora N ^a   Metz, Luanne M ^b   Sainsbury, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION;

EID: 0242289263     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.6.783.16476     Document Type: Article

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