Tactile perception: structure and physiology of hairless skin and Meissner corpuscles.
- Conditions
- Heatlthy Volonteers
- Registration Number
- DRKS00029234
- Lead Sponsor
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Dermatologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria:
- Studies will be conducted with study participants who have healthy skin
- are between 18 and 70 years old
- are informed about the aims of the study and the nature of the investigations
- have given written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Excluded are:
- Subjects who had regular antibiotic, steroid, or tacrolimus treatments in the 2 weeks prior to study enrollment.
- Subjects with neurological disease - central and peripheral,
- Subjects who have suffered burns or other impairment of hairless skin,
- Subjects with chronic diseases such as diabetes, which may affect the distribution of Meissner's corpuscles [3],
- Subjects with dermatologic diagnoses such as atopic dermatitis,
- Subjects with motor disabilities,
- Subjects with hyperhidrosis of the hands;
- Pregnant women and nursing mothers,
- Subjects who have had surgery in the past 6 months,
- Subjects with a skin disease that could interfere with the performance of an experiment in this study.
- Subjects with severely infected lesions requiring oral or intravenous antibiotics and adjunctive therapy;
- Subjects with allergies
- Subjects who have not given written informed consent or have not given written informed consent
- Subjects who are unable to make independent decisions.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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