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A Study of Tapping by the Unaffected Finger of Patients Presenting with Central and Peripheral Nerve Damage

AIM: Whether the unaffected function of the hand of patients presenting with nerve injury is affected remains inconclusive. We aimed to evaluate whether there are differences in finger tapping following central or peripheral nerve injury compared with the unaffected hand and the ipsilateral hand of...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Lingli, Han, Xiuying, Li, Peihong, Liu, Yang, Zhu, Yulian, Zou, Jun, Yu, Zhusheng
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029080
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00260
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author Zhang, Lingli
Han, Xiuying
Li, Peihong
Liu, Yang
Zhu, Yulian
Zou, Jun
Yu, Zhusheng
author_facet Zhang, Lingli
Han, Xiuying
Li, Peihong
Liu, Yang
Zhu, Yulian
Zou, Jun
Yu, Zhusheng
author_sort Zhang, Lingli
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description AIM: Whether the unaffected function of the hand of patients presenting with nerve injury is affected remains inconclusive. We aimed to evaluate whether there are differences in finger tapping following central or peripheral nerve injury compared with the unaffected hand and the ipsilateral hand of a healthy subject. METHODS: Thirty right brain stroke patients with hemiplegia, 30 left arm peripheral nerve injury cases, and 60 healthy people were selected. We tested finger tapping of the right hands, and each subject performed the test twice. RESULTS: Finger tapping following peripheral nerve injury as compared with the unaffected hand and the dominant hand of a healthy person was markedly higher than was found for central nerve injury (P < 0.05). Finger tapping of the male peripheral group’s unaffected hand and the control group’s dominant hand was significantly higher than the central group (P < 0.001). However, finger tapping of the female control group’s dominant hand was significantly higher than the central group’s unaffected hand (P < 0.01, P = 0.002), the peripheral group’s unaffected hand (P < 0.05, P = 0.034). CONCLUSION: The unaffected function of the hand of patients with central and peripheral nerve injury was different as compared with the ipsilateral hand of healthy individuals. The rehabilitation therapist should intensify the practice of normal upper limb fine activities and coordination of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-44295692015-05-29 A Study of Tapping by the Unaffected Finger of Patients Presenting with Central and Peripheral Nerve Damage Zhang, Lingli Han, Xiuying Li, Peihong Liu, Yang Zhu, Yulian Zou, Jun Yu, Zhusheng Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience AIM: Whether the unaffected function of the hand of patients presenting with nerve injury is affected remains inconclusive. We aimed to evaluate whether there are differences in finger tapping following central or peripheral nerve injury compared with the unaffected hand and the ipsilateral hand of a healthy subject. METHODS: Thirty right brain stroke patients with hemiplegia, 30 left arm peripheral nerve injury cases, and 60 healthy people were selected. We tested finger tapping of the right hands, and each subject performed the test twice. RESULTS: Finger tapping following peripheral nerve injury as compared with the unaffected hand and the dominant hand of a healthy person was markedly higher than was found for central nerve injury (P < 0.05). Finger tapping of the male peripheral group’s unaffected hand and the control group’s dominant hand was significantly higher than the central group (P < 0.001). However, finger tapping of the female control group’s dominant hand was significantly higher than the central group’s unaffected hand (P < 0.01, P = 0.002), the peripheral group’s unaffected hand (P < 0.05, P = 0.034). CONCLUSION: The unaffected function of the hand of patients with central and peripheral nerve injury was different as compared with the ipsilateral hand of healthy individuals. The rehabilitation therapist should intensify the practice of normal upper limb fine activities and coordination of the patient. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4429569/ /pubmed/26029080 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00260 Text en Copyright © 2015 Zhang, Han, Li, Liu, Zhu, Zou and Yu. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neuroscience
Zhang, Lingli
Han, Xiuying
Li, Peihong
Liu, Yang
Zhu, Yulian
Zou, Jun
Yu, Zhusheng
A Study of Tapping by the Unaffected Finger of Patients Presenting with Central and Peripheral Nerve Damage
title A Study of Tapping by the Unaffected Finger of Patients Presenting with Central and Peripheral Nerve Damage
title_full A Study of Tapping by the Unaffected Finger of Patients Presenting with Central and Peripheral Nerve Damage
title_fullStr A Study of Tapping by the Unaffected Finger of Patients Presenting with Central and Peripheral Nerve Damage
title_full_unstemmed A Study of Tapping by the Unaffected Finger of Patients Presenting with Central and Peripheral Nerve Damage
title_short A Study of Tapping by the Unaffected Finger of Patients Presenting with Central and Peripheral Nerve Damage
title_sort study of tapping by the unaffected finger of patients presenting with central and peripheral nerve damage
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029080
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00260
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