A Standardized Method for Measurement of Elbow Kinesthesia

Watkins, Molly; Duncanson, Emily; Gartner, Emma; Paripovich, Samantha; Taylor, Christine; Borstad, Alexandra

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“…Previous work has detailed the presence of age-related declines in proprioception ( Kokmen et al, 1978 ; Stelmach and Sirica, 1986 ; Adamo et al, 2007 ; Wright et al, 2011 ; Ingemanson et al, 2016 ; Rinderknecht et al, 2017 ; Acosta-Sojo and Martin, 2021 ). This work, and others, has typically examined participants’ ability to replicate movement speed or distance (e.g., reference movement of 20 degree elbow flexion) ( Adamo et al, 2007 , 2009 ; Wingert et al, 2009 ; Dukelow et al, 2010 ; Semrau et al, 2013 ; Li and Wu, 2014 ; Contu et al, 2017 ; Watkins et al, 2020 ; Acosta-Sojo and Martin, 2021 ) and has found that aging-related increases in proprioception are common across different testing mechanisms including bilateral proprioceptive testing ( Stelmach and Sirica, 1986 ; Adamo et al, 2007 , 2009 ; Kalisch et al, 2012 ; Herter et al, 2014 ; Acosta-Sojo and Martin, 2021 ) and unilateral or within arm proprioceptive testing ( Ferrell et al, 1992 ; Adamo et al, 2007 , 2009 ; Wright et al, 2011 ; Wingert et al, 2014 ; Ingemanson et al, 2016 ; Rinderknecht et al, 2017 ; Acosta-Sojo and Martin, 2021 ). However, it is important to note that these studies, as well as our own previous work ( Semrau et al, 2013 ), have generally used methods that test a relatively narrow range of movement types.…”

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Aging increases proprioceptive error for a broad range of movement speed and distance estimates in the upper limb

Tulimieri,

Semrau

2023

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Previous work has identified age-related declines in proprioception within a narrow range of limb movements. It is unclear whether these declines are consistent across a broad range of movement characteristics that more closely represent daily living. Here we aim to characterize upper limb error in younger and older adults across a range of movement speeds and distances. The objective of this study was to determine how proprioceptive matching accuracy changes as a function of movement speed and distance, as well as understand the effects of aging on these accuracies. We used an upper limb robotic test of proprioception to vary the speed and distance of movement in two groups: younger (n = 20, 24.25 ± 3.34 years) and older adults (n = 21, 63 ± 10.74 years). The robot moved one arm and the participant was instructed to mirror-match the movement with their opposite arm. Participants matched seven different movement speeds (0.1–0.4 m/s) and five distances (7.5–17.5 cm) over 350 trials. Spatial (e.g., End Point Error) and temporal (e.g., Peak Speed Ratio) outcomes were used to quantify proprioceptive accuracy. Regardless of the speed or distance of movement, we found that older controls had significantly reduced proprioceptive matching accuracy compared to younger control participants (p ≤ 0.05). When movement speed was varied, we observed that errors in proprioceptive matching estimates of spatial and temporal measures were significantly higher for older adults for all but the slowest tested speed (0.1 m/s) for the majority of parameters. When movement distance was varied, we observed that errors in proprioceptive matching estimates were significantly higher for all distances, except for the longest distance (17.5 cm) for older adults compared to younger adults. We found that the magnitude of proprioceptive matching errors was dependent on the characteristics of the reference movement, and that these errors scaled increasingly with age. Our results suggest that aging significantly negatively impacts proprioceptive matching accuracy and that proprioceptive matching errors made by both groups lies along a continuum that depends on movement characteristics and that these errors are amplified due to the typical aging process.

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Aging increases proprioceptive error for a broad range of movement speed and distance estimates in the upper limb

Tulimieri,

Semrau

2023

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…Furthermore, for future studies on the effects of exercise on kinesthesia, researchers should consider different methods and statistical approaches. To facilitate the comparisons between studies, Watkins et al 44 recently proposed to standardize the task parameters (e.g., passive movement speed). As in the present paper, future studies should use a statistical approach that considers the unsuccessful trials during movement sense assessment and not only typical TTDPM values .…”

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Immediate voluntary activation deficits following submaximal eccentric contractions of knee extensors are associated with alterations of the sense of movement

Silva

Colson

Zghal

et al. 2022

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The mechanisms underlying movement sense alterations following repeated eccentric contractions remain unclear. This study concomitantly investigated the effects of unilateral eccentric contractions on movement sense and on neuromuscular function at the knee before, immediately after (POST), 24 (POST24) and 48 (POST48) h after the exercise. Twelve participants performed sets of submaximal knee extensors (KE) eccentric contractions until a 20% decrease in maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) torque was reached. Threshold to detect passive movement (TTDPM) tasks were used to assess movement sense during both knee flexion (TTDPMFLEX) and extension (TTDPMEXT). KE fatigability was assessed using the interpolated twitch technique. TTDPM values expressed in seconds and the percentage of unsuccessful trials only increased at POST during TTDPMFLEX and TTDPMEXT. The 20%-MVIC decrease was associated with significant decreases in voluntary activation level (− 12.7%, p < 0.01) and potentiated doublet torque at 100 Hz (− 18.1%, p < 0.001). At POST24, despite persistent reductions of maximal voluntary and electrically evoked torques associated with increased perceived muscle soreness, TTDPM values and the percentage of unsuccessful trials returned to baseline values. Consequently, movement sense alterations were only observed in the presence of voluntary activation deficits, suggesting that some exercise-induced central alterations may affect the somatosensory function.

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“…To date, a variety of techniques have been employed to identify deficits in position sense and kinesthesia of the wrist [ 2 , 15 ] or the limb [ 4 , 6 , 16 – 23 ]. Here, the experimenter or device passively moves the participant’s hand or limb to a pre-determined location.…”

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Impaired proprioception and magnified scaling of proprioceptive error responses in chronic stroke

Tulimieri,

Semrau

2024

J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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Background Previous work has shown that ~ 50–60% of individuals have impaired proprioception after stroke. Typically, these studies have identified proprioceptive impairments using a narrow range of reference movements. While this has been important for identifying the prevalence of proprioceptive impairments, it is unknown whether these error responses are consistent for a broad range of reference movements. The objective of this study was to characterize proprioceptive accuracy as function of movement speed and distance in stroke. Methods Stroke (N = 25) and controls (N = 21) completed a robotic proprioception test that varied movement speed and distance. Participants mirror-matched various reference movement speeds (0.1–0.4 m/s) and distances (7.5–17.5 cm). Spatial and temporal parameters known to quantify proprioception were used to determine group differences in proprioceptive accuracy, and whether patterns of proprioceptive error were consistent across testing conditions within and across groups. Results Overall, we found that stroke participants had impaired proprioception compared to controls. Proprioceptive errors related to tested reference movement scaled similarly to controls, but some errors showed amplified scaling (e.g., significantly overshooting or undershooting reference speed). Further, interaction effects were present for speed and distance reference combinations at the extremes of the testing distribution. Conclusions We found that stroke participants have impaired proprioception and that some proprioceptive errors were dependent on characteristics of the movement (e.g., speed) and that reference movements at the extremes of the testing distribution resulted in significantly larger proprioceptive errors for the stroke group. Understanding how sensory information is utilized across a broad spectrum of movements after stroke may aid design of rehabilitation programs.

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A Standardized Method for Measurement of Elbow Kinesthesia

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Aging increases proprioceptive error for a broad range of movement speed and distance estimates in the upper limb

Aging increases proprioceptive error for a broad range of movement speed and distance estimates in the upper limb

Immediate voluntary activation deficits following submaximal eccentric contractions of knee extensors are associated with alterations of the sense of movement

Impaired proprioception and magnified scaling of proprioceptive error responses in chronic stroke

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