Vibrotactile perception in finger pulps and in the sole of the foot in healthy subjects among children or adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Dahlinl, Lars B ^a   Güner, Nuray ^b   Larsson, Helena Elding ^b   Speidel, Toni ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c PID AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT SOLE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTI FREQUENCY TACTILOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION SENSE; FOOT; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOOT; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926433415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119753     Document Type: Article

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