Sensitivity of plantar cutaneous sensation and postural stability

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-499

  Wang, Ting Yun ^a,b   Lin, Sang I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Cutaneous sensation; Posture; Somatosensation

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SURGERY;

CUTANEOUS SENSATION; ISCHEMIC BLOCKING; SOMATOSENSATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN SENSATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FOOT; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; TIBIAL NEUROPATHY;

EID: 41449108097     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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