Age, gender, and side differences of cutaneous electrical perceptual threshold testing in an able-bodied population

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-255

  Leong, Grace Woon Su ^a   Lauschke, Jenny ^a,b   Rutowski, Susan B ^a   Waite, Phil M ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous electrical stimulation; Demographic differences; Dermatomes; Electrical perceptual thresholds, gender, age; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956128123     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2010.11689702     Document Type: Article

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