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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2020

Age-Dependent Asymmetry of Wrist Position Sense Is Not Influenced by Stochastic Tactile Stimulation.

Anna-Maria Georgarakis, Harshal A Sonar, Mike D Rinderknecht, Werner L Popp, Jaime E Duarte, Olivier Lambercy, Jamie Paik, Bernard J Martin, Robert Riener, Verena Klamroth-Marganska

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Subtle to significant: Enhancing heaviness perception with stochastic resonance.Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance · 2026
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10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Anna-Maria GeorgarakisSensory-Motor Systems (SMS) Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Harshal A SonarReconfigurable Robotics Laboratory (RRL), Institute of Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mike D RinderknechtRehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (RELab), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Werner L PoppRehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (RELab), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jaime E DuarteSensory-Motor Systems (SMS) Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Olivier LambercyRehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (RELab), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jamie PaikReconfigurable Robotics Laboratory (RRL), Institute of Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bernard J MartinDepartment of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE), Center for Ergonomics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Robert RienerSensory-Motor Systems (SMS) Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Verena Klamroth-MarganskaSensory-Motor Systems (SMS) Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
ETH Zurich · CHÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHUniversity of Zurich · CHUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stochastic stimulation has been shown to improve movement, balance, the sense of touch, and may also improve position sense. This stimulation can be non-invasive and may be a simple technology to enhance proprioception. In this study, we investigated whether sub-threshold stochastic tactile stimulation of mechanoreceptors reduces age-related errors in wrist position estimation. Fifteen young (24.5±1.5y) and 23 elderly (71.7±7.3y) unimpaired, right-handed adults completed a wrist position gauge-matching experiment. In each trial, the participant's concealed wrist was moved to a target position between 10 and 30° of wrist flexion or extension by a robotic manipulandum. The participant then estimated the wrist's position on a virtual gauge. During half of the trials, sub-threshold stochastic tactile stimulation was applied to the wrist muscle tendon areas. Stochastic stimulation did not significantly influence wrist position sense. In the elderly group, estimation errors decreased non-significantly when stimulation was applied compared to the trials without stimulation [mean constant error reduction

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afferent stimulationmotor controlnoise-enhancedproprioceptionsensorimotorsensory-motorstochastic resonancevibration-induced

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PMID32194386
PMCPMC7063068
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