ArticleExperimental brain research2017
Disturbed cervical proprioception affects perception of spatial orientation while in motion.
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- Effect of cervical traction on balance parameters in patients with cervical radiculopathy: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- The psychometric properties of the 3-m backward walk test in people with Migraine.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Dizziness and neck pain: a perspective on cervicogenic dizziness exploring pathophysiology, diagnostic challenges, and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Different Factors Influencing Postural Stability during Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation of the Cervical Spinal Cord.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Smartphone Usage and Postural Stability in Individuals With Forward Head Posture: A Nintendo Wii Balance Board Analysis.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Cervical Health Parameters in Car Drivers: Assessing the Influence of Driving on Neck Pain, Mobility, Proprioception and Craniovertebral Angle - A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- A gait-based paradigm to investigate central body representation in cervical dystonia patients.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023Observational
- Proprioceptive Cervicogenic Dizziness Care Trajectories in Patient Subpopulations: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The association between contact sport exposure and cervical sensorimotor dysfunction: a scoping review of implications for future musculoskeletal injury risk.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2022Article
- Multisensory contribution in visuospatial orientation: an interaction between neck and trunk proprioception.Experimental brain research · 2021Article
- Contribution of Cervical Proprioception, Vision, and Vestibular Feedback on Reducing Dynamic Head-Trunk Orientation Error in the Yaw Direction.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Decreased respiratory-related postural perturbations at the cervical level under cognitive load.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Assessment of pressure pain threshold at the cervical and lumbar spine region in the group of professionally active nurses: A cross-sectional study.Journal of occupational health · 2020Observational
- Podokinetic After-Rotation Is Transiently Enhanced or Reversed by Unilateral Axial Muscle Proprioceptive Stimulation.Neural plasticity · 2019Article
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Abstract
The proprioceptive, visual and vestibular sensory systems interact to maintain dynamic stability during movement. The relative importance and interplay between these sensory systems is still not fully understood. Increased knowledge about spatial perception and postural orientation would provide better understanding of balance disorders, and their rehabilitation. Displacement of the body in space was recorded in 16 healthy subjects performing a sequence of stepping-in-place tests without any visual or auditory cues. Spatial displacement and orientation in space were determined by calculating two parameters, "Moved distance (sagittal + lateral displacement)" and "Rotation". During the stepping-in-place tests vibration were applied in a randomized order on four different cervical muscles, and the effects were compared between muscles and to a non-vibration baseline condition. During the tests a forward displacement ("Moved distance") was found to be the normal behavior, with various degrees of longitudinal rotation ("Rotation"). The moved distance was significantly larger when the vibration was applied on the dorsal muscles (916 mm) relative to on ventral muscles (715 mm) (p = 0.003) and the rate of displacement was significantly larger for dorsal muscles (36.5 mm/s) relative to ventral (28.7 mm/s) vs (p = 0.002). When vibration was applied on the left-sided muscles, 16° rotation to the right was induced (p = 0.005), whereas no significant rotation direction was induced with right-sided vibration (3°). The rate of rotation was significantly larger for vibration applied on ventral muscles (0.44°/s) relative to on dorsal (0.33°/s) (p = 0.019). The results highlight the influence of cervical proprioception on the internal spatial orientation, and subsequent for postural control.
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