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  • Title: Tactile spatial resolution measured manually: a validation study.
    Author: Bleyenheuft Y, Thonnard JL.
    Journal: Somatosens Mot Res; 2007 Sep; 24(3):111-4. PubMed ID: 17853056.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of manual application of the grating orientation task (GOT), as currently used in fundamental and clinical research. Six examiners tested 12 subjects following recommendations of the literature. The results show that the normal force applied with the domes on the skin varied from one examiner to the next. Nevertheless, it did not affect the performance of the subjects, whose thresholds were consistent with those reported in the literature. This study highlights the inter-examiner reliability in the manual application of this test and validates this procedure.
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