Effect of contact location on vibrotactile thresholds at the fingertip

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 73-81

  Whitehouse, Darren J ^a,b   Morioka, Miyuki ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fingertip; Mechanoreceptor; Tactile channel; Thresholds; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTAL PHALANX; FINGER; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; NAIL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADULT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 33746359713     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220600741119     Document Type: Article

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