Evaluation of two-point discrimination in children: Reliability, effects of passive displacement and voluntary movement

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 523-537

  Menier, Caroline ^a,b   Forget, Robert ^a,b   Lambert, Jean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THENAR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0029955749     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12113.x     Document Type: Article

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