Subliminal electrical and mechanical stimulation does not improve foot sensitivity in healthy elderly subjects

Objective: Deterioration of cutaneous perception may be one reason for the increased rate of falling in the elderly. The stochastic resonance phenomenon may compensate this loss of information by improving the capability to detect and transfer weak signals. In the present study, we hypothesize that...

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Main Authors: Claudio Zippenfennig, Laura Niklaus, Katrin Karger, Thomas L. Milani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2467981X18300271