scholarly journals Knee Joint Position Sense of Adults with Spastic Cerebral Palsy during Passive Movements: A Comparison with Healthy Young Individuals

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-491
Author(s):  
Yui SATO ◽  
Yuichiro YOKOI ◽  
Ami NATSUI ◽  
Takahito INOUE
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position Sense ◽  
Spastic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Joint Position ◽  
Passive Movements

The Analysis of Proprioception Alteration during First Five Months after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (84) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilma Jurevičienė ◽  
Albertas Skurvydas ◽  
Juozas Belickas ◽  
Giedra Bušmanienė ◽  
Dovilė Kielė ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anterior Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Angular Velocity ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position ◽  
Starting Position ◽  
Angular Velocities ◽  
Anterior Cruciate

Research  background  and  hypothesis.  Proprioception  is  important  in  the  prevention  of  injuries  as  reduced proprioception  is  one  of  the  factors  contributing  to  injury  in  the  knee  joint,  particularly  the  ACL.  Therefore, proprioception appears not only important for the prevention of ACL injuries, but also for regaining full function after ACL reconstruction.Research aim. The aim of this study was to understand how proprioception is recovered four and five months after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.Research methods. The study included 15 male subjects (age – 33.7 ± 2.49 years) who had undergone unilateral ACL reconstruction with a semitendinosus/gracilis (STG) graft in Kaunas Clinical Hospital. For proprioceptive assessment, joint position sense (JPS) was measured on both legs using an isokinetic dynamometer (Biodex), at knee flexion of 60° and 70°, and at different knee angular velocities of 2°/s and 10°/s. The patients were assessed preoperatively and after 4 and 5 months, postoperatively.Research results. Our study has shown that the JPS’s (joint position sense) error scores  to a controlled active movement is significantly higher in injured ACL-deficient knee than in the contralateral knee (normal knee) before surgery and after four and five months of rehabilitation.  After 4 and 5 months of rehabilitation we found significantly lower values in injured knees compared to the preoperative data. Our study has shown that in injured knee active angle reproduction errors after 4 and 5 months of rehabilitation were higher compared with the ones of the uninjured knee. Proprioceptive ability on the both legs was  independent of all differences angles for target and starting position for movement. The knee joint position sense on both legs depends upon the rate of two different angular velocities and the mean active angle reproduction errors at the test of angular velocity slow speed was the highest compared with the fast angular velocity. Discussion and conclusions. In conclusion, our study shows that there was improvement in mean JPS 4 and 5 months after ACL reconstruction, but it did not return to normal indices.Keywords: knee joint, joint position sense, angular velocity, starting position for movement.

Can texture change joint position sense at the knee joint in those with poor joint position accuracy?

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-240
Author(s):  
Meghan Lamers ◽  
Joanna Reeves ◽  
Razan Alshamali ◽  
Chantelle Murnaghan ◽  
Leah Bent
Keyword(s):  
Knee Joint ◽  
Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position ◽  
Position Accuracy ◽  
Texture Change

Joint-Position Sense Accuracy Is Equally Affected by Vision among Children with and without Cerebral Palsy

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Flávia de Andrade e Souza Mazuchi ◽  
Luis Mochizuki ◽  
Joseph Hamill ◽  
Patricia Martins Franciulli ◽  
Aline Bigongiari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position Sense ◽  
Joint Position
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