Use of two-point discrimination as a nerve repair assessment tool: Preliminary report

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 866-868

  Shooter, David ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nerve regeneration; Neurosurgical procedures; Outcome assessment; Peripheral nerves; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NURSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644822100     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03557.x     Document Type: Article

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