title: [Sensory retraining of the hand using gnosis rings].
abstract: Sensory reeducation is very important. Many methods are used but it is difficult to assess their efficiency. Besides the routine methods we are using the gnostic rings which have on their periphery 5 symbols: a letter = A, a number = 3, a geometrical figure = a circle, a rough surface and a smooth convex surface. The symbols of the rings are in 3 different sizes (1.5 - 1 and 0.5 cm). The gnostic rings have 3 advantages: 1) they allow a precise evaluation in percentage. 2) they require an important brain effort, 3) they may be kept in the pocket and used several times during the day.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ortopedica, Spedali Civili Universita Degli Studi di Brescia, Italie.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brunelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brunelli
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D013236:Stereognosis / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch