Foot sole skin temperature affects plantar foot sensitivity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1548-1551

  Schlee, Günther ^a   Sterzing, Thorsten ^a   Milani, Thomas L ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foot sensitivity; Gender; Healthy subjects; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PLANTAR FOOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; VIBRATION SENSE; WALKING; WARMING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249129271     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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