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Titre :	Age-related changes in tactile spatial resolution from 6 to 16 years old
Type de document :	document électronique
Auteurs :	Yannick Bleyenheuft ; Caroline Cols ; Carlyne Arnould ; Jean-Louis Thonnard
Année de publication :	2006
Article en page(s) :	p. 83-87
Note générale :	doi.org/10.1080/08990220600816440
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Tactile sensitivity  children  spatial resolution  skin properties  cortical maturation  normative data
Résumé :	The aim of this study was to determine age-related changes in tactile spatial resolution from 6 to 16 years old. Two hundred and twenty-two healthy children (105 boys and 117 girls) were assessed. The tactile spatial resolution threshold was determined using a classic set of JVP domes with a procedure adapted for children. Preadolescence appears to be an important step in tactile spatial resolution since children aged between 6 and 9 years old had a worse tactile spatial resolution than older children. Both peripheral and central explanations for this improvement of tactile spatial resolution with age are considered. The authors suggest that cortical maturational processes are likely to explain the better results of older children.
En ligne :	http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/10805
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[article] Age-related changes in tactile spatial resolution from 6 to 16 years old [document électronique] / Yannick Bleyenheuft ; Caroline Cols ; Carlyne Arnould ; Jean-Louis Thonnard . - 2006 . - p. 83-87.
doi.org/10.1080/08990220600816440
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Somatosensory and Motor Research [périodique éléctronique] > Vol. 23, N°3/4 (Décembre 2006) . - p. 83-87

Mots-clés :	Tactile sensitivity  children  spatial resolution  skin properties  cortical maturation  normative data
Résumé :	The aim of this study was to determine age-related changes in tactile spatial resolution from 6 to 16 years old. Two hundred and twenty-two healthy children (105 boys and 117 girls) were assessed. The tactile spatial resolution threshold was determined using a classic set of JVP domes with a procedure adapted for children. Preadolescence appears to be an important step in tactile spatial resolution since children aged between 6 and 9 years old had a worse tactile spatial resolution than older children. Both peripheral and central explanations for this improvement of tactile spatial resolution with age are considered. The authors suggest that cortical maturational processes are likely to explain the better results of older children.
En ligne :	http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/10805
Permalink :	./index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=84476