Understanding proprioception can help to interpret how correct movement requires well-organized, accurate signals from the muscles firing to the brain. These pointers can be easily manipulated simply ...

Although some people sleep very soundly, both mind and body remain active. Not only do we dream, but we snore, talk, laugh, ...

“In high level sports, especially the winter sports, if an athlete is between heats or events and they have to be in a staging area, having tape on specific muscles can actually help keep that ...

The step training program did not improve ankle proprioception or plantarflexor muscle performance in MS patients. No significant differences were observed between intervention and control groups in ...

Fabrice Sarlegna has received funding from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University. Chris Miall receives funding from the NIH and the Leverhulme Foundation. He has also been funded by the Royal Society ...

Scattered throughout skeletal muscle, the muscle spindles are composed of connective tissue capsules containing bundles of specialized muscle fibers called intrafusal fibers. Wrapped around the middle ...

Low back pain in the elderly is the result of poor “proprioception,” or the body’s ability to perceive its own position in space, caused by a deterioration of sensory receptors in their muscles called ...

This study demonstrates that Type I receptor-like sensors in a robotic joint achieve sub-2° positional accuracy, redefining ...