Tactile spatial resolution in unilateral brain lesions and its correlation with digital dexterity

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-256

  Bleyenheuft, Yannick ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Hemiplegia; Rehabilitation; Sensory impairments; Tactile spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STROKE; TOUCH;

EID: 79952547670     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0651     Document Type: Article

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