What does testing kinesthesia assess?

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Kinesthesia, or position sense, is the person's ability to perceive passive movements of the extremities. Fine touch is assessed by the stereognosis, graphesthesia, extinction, and point location tests. Motor coordination is assessed by the Denver II test and reflexes. Perception of vibration is assessed by hitting a tuning fork so that it is vibrating and placing it on boney prominences.

What Does Testing Kinesthesia Assess