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Lack of Difference in Sensibility between the Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands as Tested with Semmes-Weinstein Monofilaments

A. A. W. M. VAN TURNHOUT
J. J. HAGE
P. J. M. DE GROOT
E. S. M. DE LANGE-DE KLERK

From the Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Occupational Therapy and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Correspondence: Dr J. J. Hage, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, PO Box 7057, NL-1007 MB Amsterdam.

The sensibility of the dominant hand was compared with that of the non-dominant hand using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments in each of 22 bilateral palmar sites in 50 healthy volunteers. No difference in sensibility was found in 51% of all 2,200 tested palmar sites. Statistically significant superior sensibility was found in the non-dominant hand at 34% of all sites, whereas the dominant side showed superior sensibility in the remaining 15%.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 22, No. 6, 768-771 (1997)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80445-7
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