Improved Acuity and Dexterity but Unchanged Touch and Pain Thresholds following Repetitive Sensory Stimulation of the Fingers

<table>Touch thresholds of <i>d1</i>, <i>d2</i> (<svg height="11.225" id="M31" style="vertical-align:-0.1638pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 44.400002 11.225" width="44.400002" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,10.963)"><use xlink:href="#x1D45B"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,13.305,10.963)"><use xlink:href="#x3D"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,28.008,10.963)"><use xlink:href="#x32"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,36.168,10.963)"><use xlink:href="#x36"></use></g>
</svg>), and <i>d4</i> (<svg height="11.125" id="M32" style="vertical-align:-0.1638pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 44.400002 11.125" width="44.400002" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,10.862)"><use xlink:href="#x1D45B"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,13.305,10.862)"><use xlink:href="#x3D"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,28.008,10.862)"><use xlink:href="#x31"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,36.168,10.862)"><use xlink:href="#x30"></use></g>
</svg>). There were no significant alterations of thresholds after rSS (<svg height="11.85" id="M33" style="vertical-align:-0.546pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 66.875 11.85" width="66.875" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,11.113)"><use xlink:href="#x1D443"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,15.582,11.113)"><path d="M531 285l-474 -214v56l416 183l-416 184v56l474 -215v-50zM531 -40h-474v50h474v-50z" id="x2265"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,30.286,11.113)"><use xlink:href="#x30"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,38.446,11.113)"><use xlink:href="#x2E"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,42.321,11.113)"><use xlink:href="#x32"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,50.481,11.113)"><use xlink:href="#x36"></use></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,58.64,11.113)"><use xlink:href="#x31"></use></g>
</svg>).</table>

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Figure 2: Improved Acuity and Dexterity but Unchanged Touch and Pain Thresholds following Repetitive Sensory Stimulation of the Fingers 