Search for dissertations about: "Tactile touch"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words Tactile touch.

  2. 1. Tactile touch in intensive care : Nurses' preparation, patients' experiences and the effect on stress parameters

    Author : Maria Henricson; Bengt Fridlund; Kerstin Segesten; Anna-Lena Berglund; Sylvia Määttä; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Tactile touch; intensive care; stress; oxytocin; complementary method; nursing; preparation; randomised controlled trial; comfort; lifeworld research; narratives; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire knowledge about whether tactile touch as a complementary method can (i) promote comfort and (ii) reduce stress reactions during care in an intensive care unit (ICU) Method: In Paper I, five nurses with a touch therapist training were interviewed about their experiences of preparation before giving tactile touch in an ICU. To analyse the meaning of preparation as a phenomenon, Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological approach was used. READ MORE

  4. 2. Affective touch throughout life: from cortical processing in infancy to touch perception in adulthood

    Author : Emma H. Jönsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Affective touch; Touch perception; Cortical activation; C-tactile afferents;

    Abstract : Affective, interpersonal touch is important for forming and maintaining social bonds. In the hairy skin of humans there is a specific type of nerve fibers called C-tactile (CT) afferents which are optimally activated by a light stroking of the skin, like a caress. READ MORE

  5. 3. Tactile touch in intensive care

    Author : Maria Henricson; []
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  6. 4. Investigations of human cortical processing of gentle touch. A study with time-resolved electro-magnetic signal analysis

    Author : Elin Eriksson Hagberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aβ afferent; C-tactile; touch; EEG; MEG; SEEG;

    Abstract : The present work summarizes investigations of the temporal correlates of brain activity elicited by gentle, moving touch on the hairy skin in healthy participants and in epilepsy patients. Light touch to the hairy skin activates two distinct afferent classes: fast conducting, Aβ afferents and slowly conducting C-tactile (CT) afferents. READ MORE

  7. 5. Adaptive Grasping Using Tactile Sensing

    Author : Emil Hyttinen; Danica Kragic; Renaud Detry; Giacomo Spampinato; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Robotics; Grasping; Tactile Sensing; Computer Science; Datalogi;

    Abstract : Grasping novel objects is challenging because of incomplete object data and because of uncertainties inherent in real world applications. To robustly perform grasps on previously unseen objects, feedback from touch is essential. In our research, we study how information from touch sensors can be used to improve grasping novel objects. READ MORE