TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a new measure of fine sensory function
AU - Novak, Christine B.
AU - Mackinnon, Susan E.
AU - Ivan Williams, J.
AU - Kelly, Louise
PY - 1993/8
Y1 - 1993/8
N2 - With the loss of sight, the blind individual must rely on tactile senses for function, and yet assessment o f hand sensibility is not routinely integrated into evaluations o f the blind. T h e available sensory measures lack the sensitivity to differentiate higher levels o f hand sensibility, and therefore, a new more sensitive measure o f fine sensory function was developed. A 3 X 3 braille dot cell was developed, and pattern variation was utilized to assess higher discriminatory abilities. Thirty blind and sighted subjects were evaluated, and intertester reliability o f fine sensory function (braille pattern identification) was established (r = 0.95). Comparison between braille identification and measures o f threshold and innervation density revealed the strongest correlational relationship with two-point discrimination. This study supports the assessment o f fine sensory function with braille pattern identification. (Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 92: 301, 1993.).
AB - With the loss of sight, the blind individual must rely on tactile senses for function, and yet assessment o f hand sensibility is not routinely integrated into evaluations o f the blind. T h e available sensory measures lack the sensitivity to differentiate higher levels o f hand sensibility, and therefore, a new more sensitive measure o f fine sensory function was developed. A 3 X 3 braille dot cell was developed, and pattern variation was utilized to assess higher discriminatory abilities. Thirty blind and sighted subjects were evaluated, and intertester reliability o f fine sensory function (braille pattern identification) was established (r = 0.95). Comparison between braille identification and measures o f threshold and innervation density revealed the strongest correlational relationship with two-point discrimination. This study supports the assessment o f fine sensory function with braille pattern identification. (Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 92: 301, 1993.).
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-199308000-00016
DO - 10.1097/00006534-199308000-00016
M3 - Article
C2 - 8337281
AN - SCOPUS:0027168946
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 92
SP - 301
EP - 310
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 2
ER -