Tactile temporal thresholds detect relapse-related changes in multiple sclerosis: A preliminary study

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 725-727

  Brown, Lenora N ^a,b   Metz, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Outcome measure; Psychophysics; Sensory discrimination; Tactile; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RELAPSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH;

EID: 28044440912     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1219sr     Document Type: Article

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