Sensibility testing after nerve grafting.
This study attempts to establish which sensitivity test is to be preferred for final assessment of recovery of sensibility after nerve grafting. For this purpose seven sensibility tests were performed on patients who had been treated by median nerve transplantation. The findings revealed that the stereognosis test is of greater value for a final evaluation than the two-point discrimination test. This paper discusses several aspects of sensibility tests, e.g. the range of variation of the results and the degree of objectivity.
D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000637:transplantation*; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D013236:Stereognosis / Q000502:physiology; D013697:Thermosensing / Q000502:physiology; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology