Tactile sensitivity on the hands skin in rheumatic patients

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 139-145

  Kaluga, Elzbieta ^a   Kostiukow, Anna ^b   Samborski, Włodzimierz ^b   Rostkowska, Elzbieta ^b  

^a State School of Higher Professional Education   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Esthesiometer (Semmes Weinstein Monofilaments); Rheumatic diseases; Skin; Tactile threshold; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDINBURGH HANDEDNESS INVENTORY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND; HAND DISABILITY; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METACARPAL BONE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISION;

EID: 84902590581     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/pdia.2014.40933     Document Type: Article

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