Is there a relationship between light touch-pressure sensation and functional hand ability?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 567-575

  Melchior, Hanna ^a,b   Vatine, Jean Jacques ^c,d   Weiss, Patrice L ^e  

^a Israel Hansen's Disease Center   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hand function; Light touch sensation; Semmes Weinstein monofilament test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HANDEDNESS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRESSURE SENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH;

EID: 34047233413     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600902547     Document Type: Article

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