Helminen R, Mansikka H, Pertovaara A
Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Jun;78(3 Pt 1):721-2. doi: 10.1177/003151259407800307.
The effect of active and passive finger movement on cutaneous sensitivity to nonpainful electric stimulation was studied in 7 healthy human subjects. Active and passive finger movement produced a suppression of threshold stimuli, whereas the amplitude discrimination of suprathreshold stimuli was enhanced during passive but not active movement.
