Comparing the Responsiveness over Time of Two Tactile Gnosis Tests: Two-Point Discrimination and the STI-Test

Hand Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 114-119

  Rosén, Brigitta ^a   Jerosch Herold, Christina ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992897578     PISSN: 17589983     EISSN: 17589991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/175899830000500403     Document Type: Article

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