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Rapid repeated finger tapping
Author(s) -
DUGDALE ALAN E.,
CHANDLER DIANNE,
JEFFERY HEATHER
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1980.tb01289.x
Subject(s) - tapping , medicine , finger tapping , measure (data warehouse) , audiology , data mining , management , computer science , economics
Rapid repeated finger tapping is easy to measure objectively and can detect abnormalities of co‐ordination not found by standard clinical methods. A simple apparatus is described and age standards given. In children who had had bacterial meningitis, there was a significant deficit in the tapping rate of the non‐dominant hand.