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Forefinger
Definition:
(n.) The finger next to the thumb; the index.
Example Sentences:
(1) For this purpose, the fastest possible self-paced single isometric forefinger extensions and the fastest alternating forefinger movements were tested.
(2) In 34 subjects (29 subjects vibrations exposed and 5 controls), the variations of seric levels of endothelin (Et) after Cold Test were investigated, while vasomotor modifications were monitored and recorded by forefinger volumetric pulsoplethismography.
(3) Subjects maintained a steady force level between their thumb and forefinger for 30 s. The force level varied from weak (0.2 kg) to strong contractions (7 kg).
(4) At different moments, I notice him throw his arms wide, as if someone had scored a goal and use both forefingers to add double emphasis to his points.
(5) Blindfolded subjects clasped the opposite surfaces of an object with the same frontal profile as the visual figure between thumb and forefinger and moved the latter together from end to end across the object.
(6) The most affected finger is the ring-finger, the least affected one is the forefinger.
(7) During the investigation of somatosensory evoked cortical potentials arising from a complex vibro-tactile stimulus to the forefingers, an abnormal lack of lateralisation of response was found in 10 out of 21 schizophrenic patients.
(8) The temporal and spatial structures organization varied in the different tasks: (1) Simultaneous agonistic performance (forefinger flexion on both sides), (2) simultaneous antagonistic performance (e.g.
(9) The points of attachment are thumb, forefinger, and middle finger.
(10) Monkeys were trained to exert a maintained isometric pinch with the thumb and forefinger.
(11) A disk (coin) turned end over end between thumb and forefinger feels longer to the turning hand.
(12) As a result of this combination of movements, the forefinger pad was placed directly onto the object.
(13) The second study showed that manual biases induced by visual roll motion are not overcome using a thumb-and-forefinger (pyramidal) motor strategy, and may not be equivalent to the "giant hand" illusion that is believed to reflect the predominance of the vestibulospinal (extrapyramidal) motor pathways during extreme spatial disorientation.
(14) Among 350 inhabitants of two villages, 31 (8.9%) cleaned their teeth using table salt and charcoal applied to their forefinger or a Melastoma brush.
(15) The stoppage of movement observed in young individuals in the MP articulation of the forefinger occurs under the effect of trauma, - under normal articular conditions, - on strongly flexed finger, under the effect of powerful ulnar duction.
(16) Prints were taken every 2.5 min from the left middle and forefinger, and skin conductance level (SCL), number of spontaneous fluctuations (SF) and heart rate (HR) were recorded for the corresponding intervals.
(17) In eight healthy individuals, the skin fold between the thumb and the forefinger was treated with 0.05% clobetasol propionate ointment under a hydrocolloid occlusive dressing.
(18) The second had arthritis of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint of the right forefinger after shutting his finger in the door of his car.
(19) A 41-year-old man, who had lived in Kawasaki city, was seen in April 1988 because of sores on the dorsum of left forefinger which had been present for one month.
(20) Compared to (1) and (2), conditions (3) and (4) included a temporal delay between the performance of the two forefingers; compared to (1) and (3), conditions (2) and (4) required the subjects to perform movements of opposite directions with their two forefingers.