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Testing sensibility, including touch-pressure, two-point discrimination, point localization, and vibration

Bell-Krotoski et al., 1993

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9448436223091618662
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Bell-Krotoski J
Weinstein S
Weinstein C
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Journal of Hand Therapy

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Sensibility is much more than protective sensation, and the examiner needs to consider the various degrees of residual sensibility that influence both diagnosis and prognosis. Towards that end, objective tests of the extent and nature of peripheral nerve involvement should be …
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