ReviewJournal of anatomy2015
The role of muscle proprioceptors in human limb position sense: a hypothesis.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Proprioception Training and Surrogate Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Definitions, Measures, and Effectiveness Claims.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Structural and Molecular Features of Human Extraocular Muscle Spindles Suggest a Unique Role in Proprioception.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- 1-D Collocated Dual-Gradient Sensory Fibers for Comprehensive Sensing and Decoding of Complex Human Motion and Physiology.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Bilateral Mechanoreception Discrimination based on Bihemispheric Somatosensory Response Patterns is Associated with Proprioception and Motor Function After Stroke.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Classical Proprioceptors and Palisade Endings Have Distinct Molecular Profiles in Pig Eye Muscles.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Effects of a sensorimotor training program on balance and knee motor control in male handball players with hearing impairment: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Sensorimotor regulation of facial expression - An untouched frontier.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Review
- Proprioceptors in extraocular muscles.Experimental physiology · 2024Review
- Uptight responses between clenching and forearm raising with factors of visual feedback and maintenance effort in healthy young women: An experimental study on factorial design.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- From Virtual Reality to Regenerative Virtual Therapy: Some Insights from a Systematic Review Exploring Inner Body Perception in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Valveless microliter combustion for densely packed arrays of powerful soft actuators.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Age-Dependent Asymmetry of Wrist Position Sense Is Not Influenced by Stochastic Tactile Stimulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
- Soleus single motor units show stronger coherence with Achilles tendon vibration across a broad bandwidth relative to medial gastrocnemius units while standing.Journal of neurophysiology · 2019Article
- The Effects of Cryotherapy on Knee Joint Position Sense and Force Production Sense in Healthy Individuals.Journal of human kinetics · 2018Article
- Proprioceptive Changes in Bilateral Knee Joints Following Unilateral Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Cynomolgus Monkeys.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018Article
- The sensory origins of human position sense.The Journal of physiology · 2016Article
- Position sense at the human forearm after conditioning elbow muscles with isometric contractions.Experimental brain research · 2015Article
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Abstract
In this mini-review I have proposed that there are two kinds of position sense, one a sense of the position of one part of the body relative to another, the other a sense of the location in space of our body and its limbs. A common method used to measure position sense is to ask subjects to match with one arm the position adopted by the other. Here all of the evidence points to muscle spindles as the major proprioceptors, with cutaneous receptors acting as proprioceptors providing a supporting role. Other senses such as vision do not play a major role. The sense of localisation in space measured by pointing to the arm, rather than matching its position, I propose, is not served by proprioceptors but by exteroceptors, vision, touch and hearing. Here the afferent input is relayed to sensory areas of the brain, to address the postural schema, a cortical map of the body and limbs, specifying its size and shape. It is here that spatial location is computed. This novel interpretation of position sense as two separate entities has the advantage of proposing new, future experiments and if it is supported by the findings, it will represent an important step forward in our understanding of the central processing of spatial information.
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