TY - JOUR
T1 - Establishment of reliability in the evaluation of hand sensibility
AU - Novak, Christine B.
AU - Mackinnon, Susan E.
AU - Ivan Williams, J.
AU - Kelly, Louise
PY - 1993/8
Y1 - 1993/8
N2 - Evaluation of hand sensibility using m easures of threshold and tactile discrim ination are standard assessm ent m ethods follow ing nerve injury. Many o f the available sensory m easures for the quantification o f hand sensibility lack verification o f in tertester reliability. In tertester reliability o f vibration threshold, cutaneous pressure threshold, tw o-point discrim ination, object identification, and tex tu re identification was established. T h e intraclass correlation coefficient ranged from 0.96 to 0.99 for all variables except tex tu re identification (r = 0.77). C om parisons w ere m ade betw een the sensory m easures and each functional m easure. T h e strongest correlational relationship was betw een tw o-point identification and object identification. Based on the results o f this study, evaluation o f hand sensibility may be attained with m easurem ent o f vibration and cutaneous pressure threshold, tw o-point discrim ination, and object identification. (Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 92: 311, 1993.).
AB - Evaluation of hand sensibility using m easures of threshold and tactile discrim ination are standard assessm ent m ethods follow ing nerve injury. Many o f the available sensory m easures for the quantification o f hand sensibility lack verification o f in tertester reliability. In tertester reliability o f vibration threshold, cutaneous pressure threshold, tw o-point discrim ination, object identification, and tex tu re identification was established. T h e intraclass correlation coefficient ranged from 0.96 to 0.99 for all variables except tex tu re identification (r = 0.77). C om parisons w ere m ade betw een the sensory m easures and each functional m easure. T h e strongest correlational relationship was betw een tw o-point identification and object identification. Based on the results o f this study, evaluation o f hand sensibility may be attained with m easurem ent o f vibration and cutaneous pressure threshold, tw o-point discrim ination, and object identification. (Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 92: 311, 1993.).
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-199308000-00017
DO - 10.1097/00006534-199308000-00017
M3 - Article
C2 - 8337282
AN - SCOPUS:0027197534
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 92
SP - 311
EP - 322
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 2
ER -