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Impaired two-point discrimination

MedGen UID:
868773
•Concept ID:
C4023178
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0011810

Definition

A reduced ability to distinguish tactile sensations at points that are very close to one another. This can be tested by using special calipers whose points can be set from 2mm to several centimeters apart. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVImpaired two-point discrimination

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical Practice Guideline: The Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Injuries.
Harhaus L, Dengler NF, Schwerdtfeger K, Stolle A
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2024 Aug 9;121(16):534-538. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0071. PMID: 38831698

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Capsaicin-induced impairment of tactile spatial discrimination ability in man: indirect evidence for increased receptive fields in human nervous system.
Kauppila T, Mohammadian P, Nielsen J, Andersen OK, Arendt-Nielsen L
Brain Res 1998 Jun 29;797(2):361-7. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00431-4. PMID: 9666171

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