Adult norms of the perceptual threshold of touch (PTT) in the hands and feet in relation to age, gender, and right and left side using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 373-383

  Eek, Elsy ^a,b   Holmqvist, Lotta Widén ^b,c   Sommerfeld, Disa K ^a,b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TOUCH; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861660098     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2011.629021     Document Type: Article

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