Sensitivity mapping of the human foot: Thresholds at 30 skin locations

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 986-991

  Hennig, Ewald Max ^a,b   Sterzing, Thorsten ^a  

^a University of Duisburg Essen ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foot sensitivity; Footwear design; Gender; Mechanoreceptors; Neurothesiometer; Semmes Weinstein monofilaments; Touch; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROTHESIOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMMES WEINSTEIN MONOFILAMENT; SENSE ORGAN; SKIN; SKIN RECEPTOR; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 70349641986     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.0986     Document Type: Article

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