Relationship Between Motor Paralysis and Impairments in Tactile Sensitivity in Elderly Stroke Patients

Summary: Background: Human hand functions are affected by neurological disturbances. We hypothesized that the degree of somatosensory impairments after stroke may be related to the severity of motor paralysis. In order to examine this hypothesis, we investigated the relationship between the classif...

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Main Authors: Naho Umeki, Jun Murata, Shinichirou Kubota, Haruki Kogo, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Misako Higashijima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2018-12-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959818300863