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The TouchTest Sensory Evaluator
Set of 20 Monofilaments (1.65 - 6.65)
Touch-Test Sensory Evaluators
Only Touch-Test Sensory Evaluators feature individually calibrated
nylon filaments with a unique pen-style handle for quick application.
When applied against the skin to its bending point, each sensory
evaluator will deliver a targeted force within a 5% standard deviation.
No other monofilament meets such rigorous standards. Touch-Test Sensory
Evaluators yield the most accurate, noninvasive evaluation of cutaneous
sensation levels throughout the body. The patented handle provides
protection for the delicate filament and flips open to a 90° angle for
testing. The convenient pen-style design allows each sensory evaluator
to be carried easily in a pocket or portable carrying case. Only
Touch-Test Sensory Evaluators feature this convenient handle
A History of Monofilaments
In 1960 Josephine Semmes and Sidney Weinstein developed the modern
monofilament. Later, the levels of force applied by different
monofilaments were correlated to levels of decreased sensory function.
In 1987, The Journal of Hand Surgery published "The
Repeatability of Testing with Semmes-Weinstein Monofilaments" by
Judith Bell-Krotoski and Elizabeth Tomancik of the Gillis W. Long
Hansen's Disease Center. This study validates the use of
Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments as a repeatable and reliable test of
sensibility. The study concludes that "the filaments are a
controlled, objective, reproducible force stimulus available for use in
clinical testing of peripheral nerve function," (161).
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References
The information presented in this brochure was compiled from the
following sources:
Care of the Foot in Diabetes...the Carville Approach, Bureau
of Primary Health Care, Vienna, VA.
Bell-Krotoski OTR, FAOT, FAOTA, Judith and Elizabeth Tomancik LOTR.
1987. "The Repeatability of Testing with Semmes-Weinstein
Monofilaments." The Journal of Hand Surgery, 12A:155-161.
Caputo MD, Gregory M. et al. 1994. "Assessment and Management of
Foot Disease in Patients with Diabetes." New England Journal of
Medicine, 331:854-860.
Duffy MD, John C. and Charles A. Patout Jr. MD. 1990.
"Management of the Insensitive Foot in Diabetes: Lessons Learned
from Hansen's Disease." Military Medicine, 155:575-579.
Hunter MD, James M., et al., eds. 1995. Rehabilitation of the
Hand: Surgery and Therapy, Fourth Edition, 1:585-593.
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Revised: September 14, 2007
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