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Forty-one filament kits were measured for filament application force, single and multitester
application force repeatability, and comparison of filament repeatability with that
of other hand held instruments. Results of this study show that if their lengths and
diameters are correct, the filaments produce application forces that are repeatable
within a predictable range. All hand held instruments vary in application force. The
Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments vary relatively little and are a controlled reproducible
force stimulus for use in clinical testing.
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Publication history
Accepted:
July 8,
1986
Received:
June 18,
1986
Footnotes
Publication of this paper was sponsored by grants from: North Coast Medical, Inc., 450 Salmar Ave., Campbell, Calif. 95008, Lawrence H. Schneider, M.D., and the following members of the American Society of Hand Therapists: Jane Bear-Lehman, M.S., O.T.R., O.T.(C.), Anne D. Callahan, M.S., O.T.R./L., Gloria DeVore, O.T.R., Mary Dimick, O.T.R., Missy Donnell, O.T.R., Lynnlee Fullenwider, O.T.R., Mary C. Kasch, O.T.R., Georgiann Laseter, O.T.R., F.A.O.T.A., Evelyn J. Mackin, L.P.T., Marcia A. McCalla, R.P.T., Patricia A. Taylor-Mullins, R.P.T.
No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
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© 1987 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
