| Using touch or imagined touch to compensate for loss of proprioception: A case study. | |
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PMID: 22026916 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Proprioception is the sense of the position of one's own body. Here, we present a case study of an individual with proprioceptive loss in one limb consequent to stroke. The patient indicated that merely touching his impaired arm with his unimpaired arm temporarily restored his proprioception. We examined this claim and the effects of imagined touch by the unimpaired arm. Assessments were made using three-dimensional tracking of reaching trajectories towards targets in conditions of light and darkness. Both actual and imagined touching significantly reduced movement error and jerk, specifically for targets located in regions that both hands would be able to reach. |
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Authors:
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Jennifer A Stevens; Whitney G Cole; Peter M Vishton |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-25 |
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Title: Neurocase Volume: - ISSN: 1465-3656 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-26 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9511374 Medline TA: Neurocase Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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a Psychology Department , The College of William and Mary , Williamsburg , VA , USA. |
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