The reliability and validity of the locognosia test after injuries to peripheral nerves in the hand

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1048-1052

  Jerosch Herold, C ^a   Rosen B ^b   Shepstone, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ULNAR NERVE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33747371618     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B8.17444     Document Type: Article

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