Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1662-1672 , December 2007

Assessing Subclinical Tactual Deficits in the Hand Function of Diabetic Blind Persons at Risk for Peripheral Neuropathy

  • David Travieso, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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  • Susan J. Lederman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Canada.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Susan J. Lederman, PhD, Dept of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada

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    Mean cutaneous thresholds for force sensitivity and spatial resolution by perceptual status on the finger pad. Note that thresholds are inversely related to force sensitivity and spatial resolution.

    Mean cutaneous thresholds for force sensitivity and spatial resolution by perceptual status on the finger pad. Note that thresholds are inversely related to force sensitivity and spatial resolution.

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    Psychophysical functions for category scaling of texture.

    Psychophysical functions for category scaling of texture.

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    Moberg Pick-up Test performance time by hand and perceptual status.

    Moberg Pick-up Test performance time by hand and perceptual status.

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    Mean MRMT performance time by subtest and perceptual status.

    Mean MRMT performance time by subtest and perceptual status.

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    Mean response time for haptic 3-dimensional object recognition for diagnostic properties by perceptual status.

    Mean response time for haptic 3-dimensional object recognition for diagnostic properties by perceptual status.

 Supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (grant nos. BFF2003-0129, HUM2006-11603-C02-02) and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01557-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.007

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1662-1672 , December 2007

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