 Palpation
"Palpation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Application of fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body to determine consistence of parts beneath in physical diagnosis; includes palpation for determining the outlines of organs.
| Descriptor ID |
D010173
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.600
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palpation" by people in Profiles.
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Basel PS, April MD, Arana AA, Fernandez JRD, Schauer SG. Cerebral blood flow changes during palpation of external airway structures in healthy volunteers. PLoS One. 2020; 15(7):e0236256.
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Walrod BJ, Boucher LC, Conroy MJ, McCamey KL, Hartz CA, Way DP, Jonesco MA, Albrechta S, Bockbrader M, Bahner DP. Beyond Bones: Assessing Whether Ultrasound-Aided Instruction and Practice Improve Unassisted Soft Tissue Palpation Skills of First-Year Medical Students. J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Aug; 38(8):2047-2055.
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Woods R, Wisniewski SJ, Lueders DR, Pittelkow TP, Larson DR, Finnoff JT. Can Ultrasound Be Used to Improve the Palpation Skills of Physicians in Training? A Prospective Study. PM R. 2018 07; 10(7):730-737.
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Urban MJ, Mattioni J, Jaworek A, Potigailo V, Sataloff RT. Hemilaryngeal Microsomia: An Anatomic Variant. J Voice. 2017 Sep; 31(5):601-604.
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Ahn JS, French AJ, Thiessen ME, Browne V, Deutchman M, Guiton G, Madigosky W, Kendall JL. Using Ultrasound to Enhance Medical Students' Femoral Vascular Physical Examination Skills. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Oct; 34(10):1771-6.
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Beccani M, Di Natali C, Sliker LJ, Schoen JA, Rentschler ME, Valdastri P. Wireless tissue palpation for intraoperative detection of lumps in the soft tissue. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2014 Feb; 61(2):353-61.
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Smith J, Brault JS, Rizzo M, Sayeed YA, Finnoff JT. Accuracy of sonographically guided and palpation guided scaphotrapeziotrapezoid joint injections. J Ultrasound Med. 2011 Nov; 30(11):1509-15.
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Muir JJ, Curtiss HM, Hollman J, Smith J, Finnoff JT. The accuracy of ultrasound-guided and palpation-guided peroneal tendon sheath injections. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 Jul; 90(7):564-71.
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Gazzillo GP, Finnoff JT, Hall MM, Sayeed YA, Smith J. Accuracy of palpating the long head of the biceps tendon: an ultrasonographic study. PM R. 2011 Nov; 3(11):1035-40.
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Lee AJ, Ranasinghe JS, Chehade JM, Arheart K, Saltzman BS, Penning DH, Birnbach DJ. Ultrasound assessment of the vertebral level of the intercristal line in pregnancy. Anesth Analg. 2011 Sep; 113(3):559-64.
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