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Lack of difference in sensibility between the dominant and non-dominant hands as tested with Semmes-Weinstein
A A Van Turnhout1, J J Hage, P J De Groot
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|February 11, 1998
Abstract:
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%.