Tactile acuity is disrupted in osteoarthritis but is unrelated to disruptions in motor imagery performance

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1509-1519

  Stanton, Tasha R ^a,b   Lin, Chung Wei Christine ^c   Bray, Helen ^a   Smeets, Rob J E M ^d,e   Taylor, Deborah ^f   Law, Roberta Y W ^f   Moseley, G Lorimer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Adelante centre of expertise in rehabilitation   (Netherlands)

^f ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Left right judgements; Motor imagery; Osteoarthritis; Sensory motor incongruence; Tactile acuity; Two point discrimination

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

LEFT/RIGHT JUDGEMENTS; MOTOR IMAGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SENSORY-MOTOR INCONGRUENCE; TACTILE ACUITY; TWO-POINT DISCRIMINATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 84880602864     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket139     Document Type: Article

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