Proprioception

Proprioception is often overlooked in the rehabilitation or rehab process. However, it is vitally important in order to restore normal function to an injured body part. Since proprioception is a person’s ability to coordinate movements and determine how much effort is needed in order to move something, it is critical to practice these types of movements in rehab before returning the patient to activities. Once an injury occurs, the body will protect itself and begin to shut down in certain aspects. This can cause a patient’s proprioception to fail because the body is more worried about controlling and resolving the injury instead of controlling the extremity as a whole. Weak proprioception can be detrimental when a patient begins functional…

Proprioception is often overlooked in the rehabilitation or rehab process. However, it is vitally important in order to restore normal function to an injured body part. Since proprioception is a person’s ability to tell where they are in space and how much effort is needed in order to move something, it is important to practice these types of movements in rehab before returning the patient to activities. Once an injury occurs, the body will protect itself and begin to shut down in certain…

The purpose of this literature review paper is to analyze the use of proprioception training in individuals who have suffered a cerebrovascular accident, most commonly referred to as a stroke. As defined in the textbook (Coker, 2013), proprioception is “the continuous flow of sensory information received from receptors located in the muscles, tendons, joints, and inner ear regarding movement and body position.” A stroke can affect various areas of the brain, including those involved in balance…

imbalance, (2) tendency to push strongly toward the paretic side with the non-affected limbs, and (3) resistance to external correction of the tilted posture.5 Pusher behavior was found to last an average of 5 weeks after the onset of the CVA.6 There is debate about the prevalence of PB due to the lack of standardization for diagnosing the condition.5 Pusher behavior is linked with a CVA insult to the posterior thalamus. This area of the brain appears to be associated with the control of…

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There are about 2.1 million people with an amputated limb in the United States of America. About 185,000 people have an amputation each year and about 300 to 500 a day. Many people with amputated limbs have phantom pains. There are many questions about phantom pains such as what they are, who discovered them, what causes them, and how are they treated. Phantom pains are pains that come from body parts that have been amputated. Not everyone with an amputated limb will have phantom pains, but…