A comparison between two methods of aesthesiometric assessment in patients with hand-arm vibration syndrome

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 272-277

  Coughlin, P A ^a   Bonser, R ^a   Turton, E P L ^a   Kent, P J ^a   Kester, R C ^a  

^a SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthesiometry; Depth sense perception; Hand arm vibration syndrome; Two point discrimination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION SYNDROME;

ADULT; ARM; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034924501     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/51.4.272     Document Type: Article

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