The effectiveness of proprioceptive training for improving motor function: A systematic review

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Aman, Joshua E ^a   Elangovan, Naveen ^a   Yeh, I Ling ^a   Konczak, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Joint position sense; Kinesthesia; Proprioception; Somatosensory; Stroke; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 84933670722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01075     Document Type: Article

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