Should sensory function after median nerve injury and repair be quantified using two-point discrimination as the critical measure?

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-343

  Jerosch Herold, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Median nerve injuries; Outcome; Sensibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EVALUATION; FOREARM; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE FUNCTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; TOUCH;

EID: 0034546305     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028443100750059129     Document Type: Article

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