Proprioceptive accuracy is not associated with self-reported body awareness, body competence, and affect

Abstract

Purpose: Proprioception plays an essential role in motor control and in psychological functioning: it is the basis of body schema and the feeling of body ownership. There are individual differences in the processing accuracy of proprioceptive stimuli. Although proprioceptive acuity plays an important role in physical competence, there are contradictory findings concerning the role it plays in healthy psychological functioning. This study aims to shed more light on this association. Material and methods: Sixty-eight young adults participated in this study. We estimated proprioceptive acuity by the reposition accuracy of elbow joint positions. We tested both dominant and non-dominant hands with two different versions of Joint Position Reproduction Test. Perceived physical competence, body awareness, and affectivity were assessed using questionnaires (Physical Competence scale of Body Consciousness Questionnaire, Somatic Absorption Scale, and Positive and Negative Affectivity Schedule, respectively). Results: No significant association between proprioceptive acuity and body awareness, perceived body competence, and positive and negative affect was found. Conclusion: Proprioceptive acuity, measured in the elbow joint, does not play a substantial role in body awareness, perceived body competence, and affect.This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changesif anyare indicated. (SID_1) 2498-602X

Cardiac and Proprioceptive Accuracy Are Not Related to Body Awareness, Perceived Body Competence, and Affect

“…Finally (H4), we replicated the findings on the independence of proprioceptive accuracy and interoceptive sensibility and body competence ( Horváth et al, 2019 ) and extended them to another proprioceptive modality (weight discrimination) and confidence rating. The lack of association between interoceptive sensibility, a construct that integrates interoceptive experience across multiple channels, and interoceptive confidence ratings is particularly intriguing.…”

“…However, not all studies confirmed the aforementioned relationships, there are null findings too, for example with respect to schizophrenia ( Ritzler and Rosenbaum, 1974 ; Ritzler, 1977 ), fibromyalgia ( Akyol et al, 2013 ; Ulus et al, 2013 ), and chronic pain ( Tsay et al, 2015 ). Moreover, Horváth et al (2019) found that there is no association between trait affect and proprioceptive accuracy, as assessed with the Joint Position Reproduction test in the elbow joint. Additionally, proprioceptive accuracy was not correlated with body awareness–a construct that overlaps with interoceptive sensibility ( Ferentzi et al, 2020 )–and perceived body competence ( Ferentzi et al, 2017 ; Horváth et al, 2019 ).…”

“…Moreover, Horváth et al (2019) found that there is no association between trait affect and proprioceptive accuracy, as assessed with the Joint Position Reproduction test in the elbow joint. Additionally, proprioceptive accuracy was not correlated with body awareness–a construct that overlaps with interoceptive sensibility ( Ferentzi et al, 2020 )–and perceived body competence ( Ferentzi et al, 2017 ; Horváth et al, 2019 ).…”