Tactile acuity in the neck: Calling for more basic science research

Sensory discrimination testing and training (SDT) has recently been increasingly discussed (Moseley and Flor, 2012) and studied (Adamczyk et al., 2017; Catley et al., 2014; K älin et al., 2016). The underlying assumptions are: 1) central nervous system alterations contribute to chronic pain, 2) cortical reorganisation can be assessed by measuring tactile acuity, and 3) sensory discrimination training improves tactile acuity and cortical functions and has an analgesic ef fect. Only some of these assumptions have been tested in limited specific disorders i.e.

Source: Manual Therapy - August 9, 2017 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Kerstin Luedtke, Wac ław Adamczyk Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research