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J Reconstr Microsurg 1992; 8(1): 31-34
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006680
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© 1992 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Gnostic Rings: Usefulness in Sensibility Evaluation and Sensory Reeducation

G. Brunelli, B. Battiston, A. Lee Dellon
  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Brescia, Italy and the Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Neurologic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Accepted for publication 1991

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08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

The benefit of additional clinical tools for quantifying patients' ability to recognize objects is clear, as well as its correlation with the moving two-point discrimination test. The recognition of letters is such a tool. The authors describe gnostic rings, an additional technique, that is useful for clinical sensibility testing, as well as for sensory reeducation.