Age-related changes in cutaneous sensation in the healthy human hand

Age

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1077-1089

  Bowden, Jocelyn L ^a,b   McNulty, Penelope A ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Handedness; Perceptual thresholds; Texture; Two point discrimination; Von Frey filaments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGEISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIRY SKIN; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOISTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SKIN MECHANICS; SKIN SENSATION; TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION; TWO POINT DISCRIMINATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VERY ELDERLY; VON FREY TEST; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSATION; STIMULATION; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891699973     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-012-9429-3     Document Type: Article

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