INSTRUMENTATION FOR MEASUREMENT OF SENSORY LOSS IN THE FINGERTIPS

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 21  (4) , 260-264
Abstract
Four aesthesiometers measuring fingertip sensation were fabricated, 2 for depth-sense perception and 2 for 2 point discrimination. Using 20 normal subjects (10female and 10 male) and 7 subjects with vasospastic disturbance (3 female and 4 male) comparisons were made to determine which of each pair of instruments was the more sensitive. Instrument A is preferable to B in measuring depth-sense perception, and C is preferable to D in measuring 2-point discrimination. Females apparently have more acute sensory perception than males. Female and male patients diagnosed as having Raynaud''s disease show a loss in fingertip sensory perception.

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