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
    • ,
  • 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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 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
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