Proprioceptive Acuity Assessment Via Joint Position Matching: From Basic Science to General Practice

• Published in: Physical therapy Vol. 90; no. 8; pp. 1176 - 1184
• Main Author: Goble, Daniel J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physical Therapy Association 01.08.2010; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Accuracy; Activities of Daily Living; Age Factors; Care and treatment; Diagnosis; Elbow Joint - physiology; Functional Laterality; Health aspects; Humans; Medical research; Methods; Neuromuscular diseases; Older people; Physical therapy; Posture - physiology; Proprioception - physiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; R&D; Reference Values; Research & development; Therapeutics, Physiological; Torque; United States

Over the past several decades, studies of use-dependent plasticity have demonstrated a critical role for proprioceptive feedback in the reorganization, and subsequent recovery, of neuromotor systems. As such, an increasing emphasis has been placed on tests of proprioceptive acuity in both the clinic...