Use of early tactile stimulation in rehabilitation of digital nerve injuries.

• Other Authors: Cheng, Andy Shu Kei.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Peripheral Nervous System > injuries; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases > rehabilitation
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5889298; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-322014

by Andy Cheng Shu Kei. === Year shown on spine: 1997. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves [165-175]). === acknowledgements === abstract === Chapter chapter one --- introduction === Chapter 1.1 --- JUSTIFICATION OF RESEARCH --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- STRUCTURE OF THESIS --- p.4 === Chapter chapter two --- literature review === Chapter 2.1 --- ANATOMY OF DIGITAL NERVE --- p.6 === Chapter 2.2 --- FACTORS AFFECTING RESULTS OF SENSIBILITY RECOVERY --- p.10 === Chapter 2.3 --- NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF NERVE FIBRE / MECHANORECEPTORS --- p.16 === Chapter 2.4 --- NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF TACTILE STIMULATION --- p.20 === Chapter 2.5 --- SENSIBILITY TESTING FOR FUNCTIONAL SENSIBILITY --- p.26 === Chapter 2.5.1 --- SEMMES-WEINSTEIN MONOFILAMENT === Chapter 2.5.2 --- CONSTANT TWO-POINT DISCRIMINATION === Chapter 2.5.3 --- MOVING TWO-POINT DISCRIMINATION === Chapter 2.5.4 --- SELF EVALUATION === Chapter chapter three --- retrospective study of the sensibility recovery of peripheral nerve injuries === Chapter 3.1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.38 === Chapter 3.2 --- OBJECTIVES --- p.38 === Chapter 3.3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.38 === Chapter 3.4 --- RESULTS --- p.42 === Chapter 3.5 --- DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATION --- p.43 === Chapter chapter four --- longitudinal study of the sensibility recovery of digital nerve injuries === Chapter 4.1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.45 === Chapter 4.2 --- OBJECTIVES --- p.45 === Chapter 4.3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.46 === Chapter 4.4 --- RESULTS --- p.50 === Chapter 4.5 --- DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATION --- p.57 === Chapter chapter five --- "functional sensibility - normative values and correlation with age, sex,occupation and skin hardness in local chinese population" === Chapter 5.1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.59 === Chapter 5.2 --- OBJECTIVES --- p.60 === Chapter 5.3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.60 === Chapter 5.4 --- RESULTS --- p.64 === Chapter 5.5 --- DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATION --- p.84 === Chapter chapter six --- prospective randomised study of early tactile stimulation in digital nerve injuries === Chapter 6.1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.87 === Chapter 6.2 --- OBJECTIVES --- p.88 === Chapter 6.3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.89 === Chapter 6.4 --- RESULTS --- p.95 === Chapter 6.5 --- DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATION --- p.115 === Chapter chapter seven --- conclusions and recommendations === Chapter 7.1 --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.121 === Chapter 7.2 --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.125 === appendices === Chapter I --- INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR ASSESSING FUNCTIONAL SENSIBILITY --- p.126 === Chapter II --- CLASSIFICATION OF LEVEL OF FINGER DEXTERITY IN WORK --- p.129 === Chapter III --- RANDOM TABLE IN MAIN STUDY --- p.132 === Chapter IV --- SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF TACTILE STIMULATOR --- p.133 === Chapter V --- CONSENT FORM --- p.134 === Chapter VI --- ASSESSMENT FORM IN RETROSPECTIVE STUDY --- p.135 === Chapter VII --- ASSESSMENT FORM IN LONGITUDINAL AND MAIN STUDY(LEFT HAND) --- p.137 === Chapter VIII --- ASSESSMENT FORM IN LONGITUDINAL AND MAIN STUDY(RIGHT HAND) --- p.138 === Chapter IX --- ASSESSMENT FORM IN CORRELATIONAL STUDY --- p.139 === Chapter X --- INTER-RATER VARIATION IN ASSESSING SENSIBILITY RECOVERY IN LONGITUDINAL STUDY --- p.140 === Chapter XI --- NORMATIVE VALUES OF FUNCTIONAL SENSIBILITY AND SKIN HARDNESS --- p.142 === Chapter XII --- INTER-RATER VARIATION IN ASSESSING SENSIBILITY RECOVERY IN MAIN STUDY --- p.162 === references