An adaptive procedure for routine measurement of light-touch sensitivity threshold

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-338

  Berquin, Anne D ^a   Lijesevic, Valéria ^a   Blond, Serge ^b   Plaghki, Léon ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive staircase; Quantitative sensory testing; Semmes Weinstein monofilaments; Tactile sensitivity; Touch pressure threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOUCH; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956026527     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21689     Document Type: Article

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