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Effect of Dynamic Temperature Stimulus to Plantar Surface of the Foot in the Standing Position

We have previously found that a vertical force or tactile sensation occurs when the temperature of a participant’s skin changes rapidly. In this illusion, upward motion, pressure, or force sensation is elicited when stimulus temperature rises rapidly, whereas in the opposite case, downward motion or...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Ryo, Kajimoto, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27917380
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2016.00088
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description We have previously found that a vertical force or tactile sensation occurs when the temperature of a participant’s skin changes rapidly. In this illusion, upward motion, pressure, or force sensation is elicited when stimulus temperature rises rapidly, whereas in the opposite case, downward motion or pulling sensation is elicited. In this paper, we applied this phenomenon to the sole (plantar surface of the foot) to present the sensation of ground slope. To investigate this, we conducted an experiment that measured the correlation between stimulation temperature and front–back direction position of the center of gravity. Participants stood on a thermal stimulator on Nintendo Wii Balance Board, and they remained standing during 30-s dynamic temperature stimulus. In result of analysis, it was suggested that dynamic thermal change in sole might influence standing position, and the effect pattern was anomalous in case of the participants who reported a swaying sensation without a haptic sensation. This behavior might be applied to the diagnosis of the presence of thermoesthesia of the patients who might have disease with absence of thermoesthesia.
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spelling pubmed-51165642016-12-02 Effect of Dynamic Temperature Stimulus to Plantar Surface of the Foot in the Standing Position Watanabe, Ryo Kajimoto, Hiroyuki Front Bioeng Biotechnol Bioengineering and Biotechnology We have previously found that a vertical force or tactile sensation occurs when the temperature of a participant’s skin changes rapidly. In this illusion, upward motion, pressure, or force sensation is elicited when stimulus temperature rises rapidly, whereas in the opposite case, downward motion or pulling sensation is elicited. In this paper, we applied this phenomenon to the sole (plantar surface of the foot) to present the sensation of ground slope. To investigate this, we conducted an experiment that measured the correlation between stimulation temperature and front–back direction position of the center of gravity. Participants stood on a thermal stimulator on Nintendo Wii Balance Board, and they remained standing during 30-s dynamic temperature stimulus. In result of analysis, it was suggested that dynamic thermal change in sole might influence standing position, and the effect pattern was anomalous in case of the participants who reported a swaying sensation without a haptic sensation. This behavior might be applied to the diagnosis of the presence of thermoesthesia of the patients who might have disease with absence of thermoesthesia. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5116564/ /pubmed/27917380 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2016.00088 Text en Copyright © 2016 Watanabe and Kajimoto. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Effect of Dynamic Temperature Stimulus to Plantar Surface of the Foot in the Standing Position
title Effect of Dynamic Temperature Stimulus to Plantar Surface of the Foot in the Standing Position
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title_fullStr Effect of Dynamic Temperature Stimulus to Plantar Surface of the Foot in the Standing Position
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Dynamic Temperature Stimulus to Plantar Surface of the Foot in the Standing Position
title_short Effect of Dynamic Temperature Stimulus to Plantar Surface of the Foot in the Standing Position
title_sort effect of dynamic temperature stimulus to plantar surface of the foot in the standing position
topic Bioengineering and Biotechnology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27917380
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2016.00088
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