Most surgeons and investigators consider ligaments to be passive stabilizers of the joints.
However, more than 100 years ago, clinicians and investigators recognized the presence …

Traumatic minor cervical strains are common place in high-impact sports (eg tackling) and
premature degenerative changes have been documented in sports people exposed to …

The third edition of this monograph continues to have the goal of providing an overview of
current thought about the spinal cord mechanisms that are responsible for sensory …

Proprioception was quantified in a group of patients who had documented complete ACL
tears. Threshold to detection of passive change in position of the knee was measured using …

Defines proprioception and its functions in human skin, muscles, and joint tissues.
Proprioception as a compound sense; Position sense largely mediated by activity in muscle …

Shoulder proprioception was measured in 90 subjects who were assigned to three
experimental groups: group 1 (n= 40), healthy college-age subjects; group 2 (n= 30) …

This study was designed to test position sense of the knee joint before and after fatigue in
order to determine whether muscle or capsular receptors are the primary sensors for joint …

1. Microneurographic techniques were employed to record unitary activity from afferents
associated with digital joints of six conscious human subjects. Of 120 single afferents …

Study Design. Histologic analysis of normal human facet capsules to determine the density
and distribution of encapsulated nerve endings in the thoracic and lumbar spine. Objectives …

Idiopathic low back pain has confounded health care practitioners for decades. Although
there has been much advance in the understanding of the biomechanics of the lumbar spine …