Vibrotactile sense in patients with different upper limb disorders compared with a control group

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 593-601

  Laursen, Lise H ^a   Jepsen, Jørgen R ^b   Sjøgaard, Gisela ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Compression neuropathy; Paraestesia; Vibratory perception threshold; Vibrometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SENSIBILITY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TENNIS ELBOW; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROL GROUPS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 33749646523     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0094-7     Document Type: Article

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