Here’s a challenge: Close your eyes and then try touching your nose with your finger. Did you do it? Even without using any of the five famous senses—sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell—you most ...

Beginning in grade school, most everyone is taught about the five senses: touch, sight, taste, smell and sound. These are responsible for our interaction with the external world around us. Sensory ...

This week we are going to discuss the importance of proprioception in ankle rehabilitation. What sounds like a long medical term is actually a descriptor of the sense of position that the ankle has ...

Figure 2: ASIC3-expressing DRG afferent neurons in muscle and proprioceptors. Figure 3: Conditional knockout of Asic3 in DRG Pv+ neurons. Figure 4: ASIC3 mediates substrate deformation-driven neurite ...

Low back pain in the elderly is the result of poor 'proprioception,' or the body's ability to perceive its own position in space, caused by a deterioration of sensory receptors in their muscles called ...

Of all the ways for runners to get better and faster, nothing beats remaining injury-free. One way to accomplish that goal is to regularly do a few simple exercises to improve your proprioception.

Low back pain in the elderly is the result of poor “proprioception,” or the body’s ability to perceive its own position in space, caused by a deterioration of sensory receptors in their muscles called ...