To control movement, the brain has to integrate proprioceptive information from a variety of mechanoreceptors. The role of proprioception in daily activities, exercise and sports has been extensively investigated, using different techniques, yet the proprioceptive mechanisms underlying human movement control are still unclear. In the current work we have reviewed understanding of proprioception...

Jones' point that the motor outflow hypothesis should be considered a rival to the proprioceptive feedback interpretation of the motor response timing data reviewed by Schmidt has potential merit. However, with no data ruling in favor of motor outflow over proprioceptive feedback for timing, and with other peripheral feedback channels (e.g., vision) known to be mechanisms for timing, the propri...

Proprioception is a specialized sensory modality that gives information about extremity position and direction of movement. This kind of afferent sensory feedback is probably important in mediating muscular control of the shoulder joint. As this articulation is minimally constrained, such a coordinated dynamic control of muscles about the joint is necessary for stability during arm motion. The ...

Humans have the remarkable ability to adapt their motor behaviour to changes in body properties and/or environmental conditions, based on sensory feedback such as vision and proprioception. The role of proprioception has been highlighted for the adaptation to new upper-limb dynamics, which is known to generalize to the opposite, non-adapted limb in healthy individuals. Such interlimb transfer s...

CONTEXT There are few outcomes-based studies that address hip strategy and gluteus medius strength (GMS) for maintaining dynamic postural control. OBJECTIVE To determine whether GMS training, proprioception training, or a combination of the 2 has an effect on dynamic postural control. DESIGN Pretest-posttest, repeated measures. SETTING Sports-medicine clinic. PARTICIPANTS 48 healthy mal...

Two hypotheses that relate motor response timing to proprioceptive feedback are presented, along with specific predictions. The input hypothesis states that the subject uses the inflow of proprioceptive feedback from an earlier portion of a movement sequence to cue the timing of a later portion, and considerable evidence was found to support this point of view. The Adams and Creamer decay hypot...

The ability of humans to perceive the spatial orientation of an occluded arm was investigated. It was hypothesized that this ability is tied to the arm's inertial eigenvectors, invariant mechanical parameters corresponding to a limb's axes of rotational symmetry. By breaking the coincidence between the eigenvectors of the arm and its longitudinal axis, 3 experiments were directed at the possibi...

Two studies investigated the role of locomotor experience on visual proprioception in 8-month-old infants. Visual proprioception refers to the sense of self-motion induced in a static person by patterns of optic flow. A moving room apparatus permitted displacement of an entire enclosure (except for the floor) or the side walls and ceiling. In Study 1, creeping infants and prelocomotor/walker in...