The ten test.
The authors describe a new test for clinical sensibility, initiated in response to the need of the senior author for a rapid, reliable method to evaluate sensibility. Using this test, the patient develops a ratio between normal light moving touch and diminished moving touch. Subsequent determinations can detect serial changes. The ratios obtained can be compared with a standard scale of sensibility with a high degree of validity and reliability. The interexaminer and intraexaminer results obtained are reliable and repeatable. Statistical evaluations substantiating the validity of the test are presented. Simplicity and depend-ability recommend this test for use in a busy clinical setting.
Strauch
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y., USA.
Lang
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A
Ferder
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Keyes-Ford
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M
Freeman
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K
Newstein
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D
D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D015588:Observer Variation; D012677:Sensation; D014110:Touch