The ability to recognize visually one's own movement is important for motor control and, through attribution of agency, for social interactions. Agency of actions may be decided by comparisons of visual feedback, efferent signals, and proprioceptive inputs. Because the ability to identify one's own visual feedback from passive movements is decreased relative to active movements, or in some case...

INTRODUCTION Proprioception is an important mechanism in knee stability and function. After an injury like an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture changes appear in knee proprioception which play a major role in rehabilitation. There are several methods to measure proprioception; the threshold to detect passive motion (TTDPM) is often used to quantify proprioception. In this study the relia...

BACKGROUND Proprioception provides feedback which is essential for adequate motor control. Despite having detrimental functional implications, the assessment of proprioception deficits in current clinical practice is mostly qualitative and inadequate for diagnosis and longitudinal monitoring of subtle impairments and their effect on motor function. PURPOSE To evaluate a novel quantitative app...

BACKGROUND Proprioception is the sensation of position and movement of our limbs and body in space. This sense is important for performing smooth coordinated movements and is impaired in approximately 50% of stroke survivors. In the present case series we wanted to determine how discrete stroke lesions to areas of the brain thought to be critical for somatosensation (thalamus, posterior limb of...

BACKGROUND: Proprioceptive information arises from mechanoreceptors situated in the muscles, joints, ligamentand cutaneous tissues. Together with the visual and vestibular system they all contribute to the ability of defining the position of the body and the position of the joints in relation to each other. There is a known deterioration in proprioception sense with greater age and various dise...

OBJECTIVES Electromyography (EMG) is a common technique used in clinical settings, which utilizes visual biofeedback to correct muscle activation during exercise. However, it unclear whether the correction of by EMG training restores proprioception, dynamic stability, and pain. In addition, our knowledge, no study has investigated acute on proprioception adults with patellofemoral pain.METHODS ...

INTRODUCTION Cervical functional capacity outcome measures that are simple and reliable are urgently needed in order permit accurate assessment/reassessment during treatments and rehabilitation. Induced neck muscle fatigue has been shown to alter functional capacities such as balance and kinaesthetic sense in the standing posture. The Rod and Frame Test has also shown promise as a method of ass...

PURPOSE Previous long-term observational studies found that Tai Chi practitioners had better knee-joint proprioceptive acuity versus controls in an older population. We evaluated the effects of Tai Chi for knee-joint proprioception in knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a randomized controlled trial. METHODS We randomized 40 eligible individuals (age > 55, BMI ≤ 40 kg/m2 with knee pain on most days o...