TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical use of vibratory stimuli to evaluate peripheral nerve injury and compression neuropathy
AU - Dellon, A. Lee
PY - 1980/4
Y1 - 1980/4
N2 - The classical approach to evaluating the hand with impaired sensibility is unsatisfactory and frequently incorrect. Since the perception of vibratory stimuli is mediated through the same neural pathways as moving touch, we investigated the clinical use of the tuning fork in 101 patients with peripheral nerve injury and compression neuropathy. In potential nerve lacera- tions, the prcopcrativc tuning fork evaluations accurately predicted the intraopcrative findings: diminished perception of vibratory stimuli correlated with a neural conduction block, due usually to complete nerve division. Furthermore, this study suggests that diminished vibratory percep- tion may be the earliest indication for surgical intervention in the acute compartment syndrome. We concluded that the clinical use of vibratory stimuli to evaluate peripheral nerve injury and compression neuropathy is valid, reliable, expeditious, and a test with high patient acceptability.
AB - The classical approach to evaluating the hand with impaired sensibility is unsatisfactory and frequently incorrect. Since the perception of vibratory stimuli is mediated through the same neural pathways as moving touch, we investigated the clinical use of the tuning fork in 101 patients with peripheral nerve injury and compression neuropathy. In potential nerve lacera- tions, the prcopcrativc tuning fork evaluations accurately predicted the intraopcrative findings: diminished perception of vibratory stimuli correlated with a neural conduction block, due usually to complete nerve division. Furthermore, this study suggests that diminished vibratory percep- tion may be the earliest indication for surgical intervention in the acute compartment syndrome. We concluded that the clinical use of vibratory stimuli to evaluate peripheral nerve injury and compression neuropathy is valid, reliable, expeditious, and a test with high patient acceptability.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-198004000-00011
DO - 10.1097/00006534-198004000-00011
M3 - Article
C2 - 7360814
AN - SCOPUS:0018828860
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 65
SP - 466
EP - 476
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 4
ER -