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Relationship between tactile spatial resolution and digital dexterity during childhood.

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Bleyenheuft, Yannick [UCL] Wilmotte, Pauline [UCL] Thonnard, Jean-Louis [UCL]

The aim of this study was to determine whether tactile spatial resolution and digital dexterity performance are associated during childhood. A total of 104 healthy children (52 boys and 52 girls) were assessed. The tactile spatial resolution threshold was determined using an enlarged set of JVP domes with a procedure adapted for children. Digital dexterity was tested with the Purdue Pegboard Test. While tactile spatial resolution and digital dexterity improved with age following a parallel evolution, no correlation was found between the scores of the children for both tests. We suggest that central maturational processes are responsible for a global refinement of sensory and motor function between the ages of 4 and 10 years, reaching the range of adult values at this age.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche – Journal Article
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2010
Language Anglais
Journal information "Somatosensory and Motor Research" - Vol. 27, no. 1, p. 9-14 (2010)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Informa Healthcare (London)
issn 0899-0220
e-issn 1369-1651
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IONS/COSY - Systems & cognitive Neuroscience
UCL - SSS/IONS - Institute of NeuroScience
UCL - (SLuc) Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation motrice
MESH Subject Touch - physiology ; Statistics as Topic ; Space Perception - physiology ; Psychomotor Performance - physiology ; Male ; Humans ; Functional Laterality - physiology ; Fingers - innervation - physiology ; Female ; Child, Preschool ; Child Development - physiology ; Child ; Age Factors ; Adolescent
Keywords Touch ; Tactile spatial resolution ; Dexterity ; Children ; Development
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Bibliographic reference Bleyenheuft, Yannick ; Wilmotte, Pauline ; Thonnard, Jean-Louis. Relationship between tactile spatial resolution and digital dexterity during childhood.. In: Somatosensory and Motor Research, Vol. 27, no. 1, p. 9-14 (2010)
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