Is muscle spindle proprioceptive function spared in muscular dystrophies? A muscle tendon vibration study

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 861-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith Ribot-Ciscar ◽  
Sylvie Tréfouret ◽  
Jean-Marc Aimonetti ◽  
Shahram Attarian ◽  
Jean Pouget ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Spindle ◽  
Muscular Dystrophies ◽  
Tendon Vibration ◽  
Muscle Tendon Vibration ◽  
Proprioceptive Function

Muscle spindle activity following muscle tendon vibration in man

1998 ◽  
Vol 258 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith Ribot-Ciscar ◽  
Christiane Rossi-Durand ◽  
Jean-Pierre Roll
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Spindle ◽  
Tendon Vibration ◽  
Spindle Activity ◽  
Muscle Tendon Vibration ◽  
Muscle Spindle Activity

scholarly journals Response to Tendon Vibration Questions the Underlying Rationale of Proprioceptive Training

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anat Vilnai Lubetzky ◽  
Sarah Westcott McCoy ◽  
Robert Price ◽  
Deborah Kartin
Keyword(s):  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Center Of Pressure ◽  
Multiscale Entropy ◽  
Support Surface ◽  
Ankle Sprains ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Tendon Vibration ◽  
Healthy Group ◽  
Proprioceptive Training ◽  
Proprioceptive Function

Context: Proprioceptive training on compliant surfaces is used to rehabilitate and prevent ankle sprains. The ability to improve proprioceptive function via such training has been questioned. Achilles tendon vibration is used in motor-control research as a form of proprioceptive stimulus. Using measures of postural steadiness with nonlinear measures to elucidate control mechanisms, tendon vibration can be applied to investigate the underlying rationale of proprioceptive training. Objective: To test whether the effect of vibration on young adults' postural control depended on the support surface. Design: Descriptive laboratory study. Setting: Research laboratory. Patients or Other Participants: Thirty healthy adults and 10 adults with chronic ankle instability (CAI; age range = 18−40 years). Intervention(s): With eyes open, participants stood in bilateral stance on a rigid plate (floor), memory foam, and a Both Sides Up (BOSU) ball covering a force platform. We applied bilateral Achilles tendon vibration for the middle 20 seconds in a series of 60-second trials and analyzed participants' responses from previbration to vibration (pre-vib) and from vibration to postvibration (vib-post). Main Outcome Measure(s): We calculated anterior-posterior excursion of the center of pressure and complexity index derived from the area under multiscale entropy curves. Results: The excursion response to vibration differed by surface, as indicated by a significant interaction of P < .001 for the healthy group at both time points and for the CAI group vib-post. Although both groups demonstrated increased excursion from pre-vib and from vib-post, a decrease was observed on the BOSU. The complexity response to vibration differed by surface for the healthy group (pre-vib, P < .001). The pattern for the CAI group was similar but not significant. Complexity changes vib-post were the same on all surfaces for both groups. Conclusions: Participants reacted less to ankle vibration when standing on the BOSU as compared with the floor, suggesting that proprioceptive training may not be occurring. Different balance-training paradigms to target proprioception, including tendon vibration, should be explored.

7-Nitroindazole potentiates c-fos expression induced by muscle tendon vibration in the spinal cord

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander I. Pilyavskii ◽  
Vladimir A. Maisky ◽  
Andrey V. Maznychenko ◽  
Alexander I. Kostyukov
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Tendon Vibration ◽  
Muscle Tendon Vibration ◽  
Fos Expression

scholarly journals Is MS Intention Tremor Amplitude Related to Changed Peripheral Reflexes?

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Feys ◽  
Werner Helsen ◽  
Stephan Ilsbroukx ◽  
Tom Meurrens
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Muscle Spindle ◽  
Muscle Spindles ◽  
Peak Amplitude ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Tendon Vibration ◽  
Intention Tremor ◽  
Triceps Tendon ◽  
Tendon Reflexes

Intention tremor is related to lesions in the cerebellum or connected pathways. Intention tremor amplitude decreased after peripheral arm cooling in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), likely caused by a reduction of muscle spindle afferent inflow, while amplitude increased when muscle spindles were artificially stimulated by tendon vibration. This study investigated the contribution of peripheral reflexes to the generation of MS intention tremor. Tendon reflexes of biceps, triceps, and brachioradialis, muscles were measured, using an electromechanical triggered reflex hammer. MS patients with (n = 17) and without (n = 17) upper limb intention and 18 healthy controls were tested. Latency of brachioradialis, biceps, and triceps tendon reflexes was greater in MS patients with tremor than in healthy controls and MS patients without tremor (except for the triceps reflex). Peak and peak-to-peak amplitude were not different between groups. It is concluded that tendon reflexes were delayed but not enlarged in MS patients with tremor.

Corticospinal excitability changes following prolonged muscle tendon vibration

Neuroreport ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 2001-2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten Steyvers ◽  
Oron Levin ◽  
Marc Van Baelen ◽  
Stephan P. Swinnen
Keyword(s):  
Corticospinal Excitability ◽  
Tendon Vibration ◽  
Muscle Tendon Vibration

scholarly journals On the reflex mechanisms of cervical transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation in human subjects

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 1672-1679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matija Milosevic ◽  
Yohei Masugi ◽  
Atsushi Sasaki ◽  
Dimitry G. Sayenko ◽  
Kimitaka Nakazawa
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Muscle Contraction ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Spinal Cord Stimulation ◽  
Presynaptic Inhibition ◽  
Tendon Vibration ◽  
Muscle Stretching ◽  
Muscle Tendon Vibration ◽  
Passive Muscle ◽  
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation

Transcutaneous and epidural electrical spinal cord stimulation techniques are becoming more valuable as electrophysiological and clinical tools. Recently, remarkable recovery of the upper limb sensorimotor function during cervical spinal stimulation was demonstrated. In the present study, we sought to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying the effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) of the cervical spine. We hypothesized that cervical tSCS can be used to selectively activate the sensory route entering the spinal cord and transsynaptically converge on upper limb motor pools. To test this hypothesis, we applied cervical tSCS using paired stimuli (homosynaptic depression) and during passive muscle stretching of the wrist flexor (presynaptic inhibition via Ia afferents), voluntary hand muscle contraction (descending facilitation of motoneuron pool), and muscle-tendon vibration of the wrist (presynaptic inhibition via afferent occlusion). Our results demonstrate significant inhibition of the second evoked response during paired stimulus delivery, inhibition of responses during passive muscle stretching and muscle-tendon vibration, and facilitation during voluntary muscle contraction, which share similarities with responses evoked during lumbosacral tSCS. These results indicate that the route of the stimulation current transmission passes via afferents in the dorsal roots through the spinal cord to activate the motor pools and potentially interneuronal networks projecting to upper limb muscles. Using a novel stimulation paradigm, our study is the first to present evidence of the sensory neuronal pathway of the cervical tSCS propagation. Overall, our work demonstrates the utility and sensitivity of cervical tSCS to engage the sensory pathway projecting to the upper limbs. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Despite therapeutic effects that have been demonstrated previously using noninvasive cervical spinal stimulation, it has been unclear whether, and to what degree, the stimulation can activate the sensory afferent system. Our study presents evidence that cervical transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation can engage the sensory pathways and transsynaptically converge on motor pools projecting to upper limb muscles, demonstrating the utility and sensitivity of cervical spinal stimulation for electrophysiological assessments and neurorehabilitation.

scholarly journals Changes in corticomotor excitability following prolonged muscle tendon vibration

2008 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arturo Forner-Cordero ◽  
Maarten Steyvers ◽  
Oron Levin ◽  
Kaat Alaerts ◽  
Stephan P. Swinnen
Keyword(s):  
Tendon Vibration ◽  
Corticomotor Excitability ◽  
Muscle Tendon Vibration
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