When Testing Your Patient for Two-Point Discrimination,you Should

question 62

Multiple Choice

When testing your patient for two-point discrimination,you should

• A) first touch one fingertip with a sharp object and then a second fingertip, and assess if she can accurately report the sequence.
• B) simultaneously touch two points of one of her fingers with sharp objects, and assess if she can distinguish the two points.
• C) simultaneously touch a finger on her right hand and the corresponding finger on her left hand with two sharp objects, and assess if she can distinguish the two points.
• D) simultaneously touch a fingertip with two sharp objects, remove one stimulus, and then assess if she can detect that one point has been removed.

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