"Touch" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014110
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.816.850 G11.561.790.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Touch- Touch
- Sense of Touch
- Touch Sense
- Touch Senses
- Taction
- Tactions
- Tactile Sense
- Sense, Tactile
- Senses, Tactile
- Tactile Senses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Touch" by people in Profiles.
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Sinha S, Ganjei AY, Ustaoglu M, Syed ZA, Lee D, Myers JS, Fudemberg SJ, Razeghinejad R. Effect of shunt type on rates of tube-cornea touch and corneal decompensation after tube shunt surgery in uveitic glaucoma. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2021 Jun; 259(6):1587-1595.
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Tulipan J, Miller A, Park AG, Labrum JT, Ilyas AM. Touch Surgery: Analysis and Assessment of Validity of a Hand Surgery Simulation "App". Hand (N Y). 2019 05; 14(3):311-316.
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Wu B, Klatzky R, Lee R, Shivaprabhu V, Galeotti J, Siegel M, Schuman JS, Hollis R, Stetten G. Psychophysical evaluation of haptic perception under augmentation by a handheld device. Hum Factors. 2015 May; 57(3):523-37.
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Bark K, Hyman E, Tan F, Cha E, Jax SA, Buxbaum LJ, Kuchenbecker KJ. Effects of vibrotactile feedback on human learning of arm motions. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2015 Jan; 23(1):51-63.
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Buxbaum LJ, Dawson AM, Linsley D. Reliability and validity of the Virtual Reality Lateralized Attention Test in assessing hemispatial neglect in right-hemisphere stroke. Neuropsychology. 2012 Jul; 26(4):430-41.
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Boivin MJ, Ryan KA, Aldridge KA, Giordani B. Transfer-of-learning effect with the tactual performance test using familiar and unfamiliar shapes with American, Lao, and Senegalese children. Dev Neuropsychol. 2011; 36(5):552-65.
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Polan HJ. Guidance and differentiation of maternally directed orienting behaviors: probing the origins of filial attachment. Dev Psychobiol. 2005 Nov; 47(3):278-87.
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Ashkenazi A, LoPinto C, Young WB. Referred cutaneous allodynia in a migraine patient without simultaneous headache. Cephalalgia. 2005 Jan; 25(1):75-8.
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Scholz JP, Reisman D, Sch?ner G. Effects of varying task constraints on solutions to joint coordination in a sit-to-stand task. Exp Brain Res. 2001 Dec; 141(4):485-500.
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Romanzi LJ, Groutz A, Feroz F, Blaivas JG. Evaluation of female external genitalia sensitivity to pressure/touch: a preliminary prospective study using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments. Urology. 2001 Jun; 57(6):1145-50.