"Touch" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014110
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.816.850 G11.561.790.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Touch- Touch
- Sense of Touch
- Touch Sense
- Touch Senses
- Taction
- Tactions
- Tactile Sense
- Sense, Tactile
- Senses, Tactile
- Tactile Senses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Touch" by people in Profiles.
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The human touch. EMBO Rep. 2021 10 05; 22(10):e53789.
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Coronavirus: the 7th C affecting the 6Cs. A focus on compassion, care and touch. Br J Nurs. 2021 Aug 12; 30(15):928-933.
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The Potential for Transmission of Coronaviruses via Sports Equipment; A Cricket Case Study. Int J Sports Med. 2021 Nov; 42(12):1058-1069.
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COVID-19 global pandemic planning: Presence of SARS-CoV-2 fomites in a university hospital setting. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2021 09; 246(18):2039-2045.
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Facial Self-Touching and the Propagation of COVID-19: The Role of Gloves in the Dental Practice. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 06 29; 18(13).
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Does therapy always need touch? A cross-sectional study among Switzerland-based occupational therapists and midwives regarding their experience with health care at a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jun 15; 21(1):578.
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Evidence for lack of transmission by close contact and surface touch in a restaurant outbreak of COVID-19. J Infect. 2021 08; 83(2):207-216.
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Spontaneous face- and eye-touching: Infection risk versus potential microbiome gain. Ocul Surf. 2021 07; 21:64-65.
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"The Most Effective Experience was a Flexible and Creative Attitude"-Reflections on Those Aspects of Spiritual Care that were Lost, Gained, or Deemed Ineffective during the Pandemic. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2021 Apr; 75(1_suppl):17-23.
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COVID-19, Telemedicine, and the Demise of the Physician's Touch. South Med J. 2021 04; 114(4):237-238.