The effects of unilateral transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of the median nerve on bilateral somatosensory thresholds

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 314-318

  Dean, Jaqueline ^a   Bowsher, David ^a   Johnson, Mark I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pain; Sensory threshold; Temperature sensation; Touch sensation; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TINGLING; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; THENAR; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33747683526     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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