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von Frey hairs

von Frey hairs

(fahn frī hārz)
Short hairs of varying degrees of stiffness, set at right angles into the end of a light wooden handle; used for assessing sensation; a type of aesthesiometer.
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They used a device called Von Frey Hairs to gauge whether participants could discriminate between different amounts of force applied to their tongues.
While choosing, texture of food matters too: Study
Thus, the ability to perceive touch applied with von Frey hairs decreases with age as has been shown in several large studies with quantitative sensory testing [48, 49].
Abbreviations CIMT: Constraint-induced movement therapy D2: Index finger GOT: Grating orienting task [DELTA]GOT: Difference in grating orientating task (posttest value--pretest value) SSDT: Shape-sorter-drum task [DELTA]SSDT: Difference in shape-sorter-drum task (posttest value--pretest value) t1: Baseline evaluation t2: Treatment evaluation TFD: Temporary functional deafferentation VFHT: von Frey hair testing VFHT-D2: von Frey hair testing at the index finger [DELTA]VFHT-D2: Difference in von Frey hair testing at the index finger (posttest value--pretest value) VFHT-FA: von Frey hair testing at the forearm [DELTA]VFHT-FA: Difference in von Frey hair testing at forearm (posttest value--pretest value) n.s.: Not significant.
Effects of Temporary Functional Deafferentation in Chronic Stroke Patients: Who Profits More?
was applied through a set of calibrated von Frey hairs (North Coast Medical, Inc.).
Crocin improved locomotor function and mechanical behavior in the rat model of contused spinal cord injury through decreasing calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP)
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