Abstract: Active, exploratory touch supports human perception of a broad set of invisible physical surface properties. When traditionally hands-on tasks, such as medical palpation of soft tissue, are ...

For a solid diagnosis of an ankle ligament rupture, patients must be re-examined 4 to 5 days after the trauma. If a haematoma develops and patients experience local pressure pain at palpation or a ...

On abdominal exam, the clinician should look for signs of distension. Palpation, especially in thin patients, may reveal hard, palpable stool in the ascending, descending, and sigmoid segments of ...

3 Pelvic floor evaluation was carried out by: measurement of the vulvovaginal opening (distance between the large lips in the vulvar region), classified as: fully closed (0 centimeter), discrete ...