"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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 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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Does Raising the Arms Modify Head Tremor Severity in Cervical Dystonia? Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2021 06 23; 11:21.
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Sensory Tricks Are Associated with Higher Sleep-Related Quality of Life in Cervical Dystonia. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2019; 9.
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Distal attribution and distance perception in sensory substitution. Perception. 2010; 39(2):208-23.
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Generalized vibratory deficits in osteoarthritis of the hip. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Sep 15; 59(9):1237-40.
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Reduced lower extremity vibratory perception in osteoarthritis of the knee. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jan 15; 59(1):117-21.
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The sensory feedback mechanisms enabling couples to walk synchronously: an initial investigation. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2007 Aug 08; 4:28.
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"She took the time to make sure she understood": mental health patients' experiences of being understood. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2006 Oct; 20(5):234-41.
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Effect of auditory, tactile, visual, and vestibular intervention on length of stay, alertness, and feeding progression in preterm infants. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2002 Feb; 44(2):91-7.
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Responses of preterm infants to unimodal and multimodal sensory intervention. Pediatr Nurs. 1997 Mar-Apr; 23(2):169-75, 193.