Spatial summation of vibrotactile sensations at the foot

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1221-1227

  Gu, Cheng ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foot; Hand; Spatial summation; Tactile channel; Vibrotactile sensation

Indexed keywords

FOOT; HAND; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TACTILE CHANNEL; VIBROTACTILE SENSATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS;

PROBES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXCITATION; FINGER; FOOT SOLE; HALLUX; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE STIMULATION; THENAR; VIBRATION SENSE; FOOT; INNERVATION; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADULT; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 84879032261     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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