The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy

The Korean Society of Physical Therapy (대한물리치료학회)
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Joint mechanoreceptors of shoulder

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  • Kweon Oh-Hyun (Major in Physical Therapy, Graduate School of Rehabilitation Science, Taegu University) ;
  • Yuk Goon-Chang (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Bae Sung-Soo (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University)
  • 권오현 (대구대학교 재활과학대학원 물리치료) ;
  • 육군창 (영남대학교의료원 재활의학과) ;
  • 배성수 (대구대학교 재활과학대학 물리치료학과)
  • Published : 2003.06.01
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Abstract

Proprioception can be defined as a specialized variation of touch that encompasses the sensation of joint movement(kinesthesia) and joint position(static joint position sense). Several types of joint and muscular mechanoreceptors provide proprioceptive information for joint stability. Joint mechanoreceptors have been classified into four types based of activation characteristics : Ruffini endings, Pacinian corpuscles, Golgi tendon organlike endings, free nerve endings. The paper review the morphology, distrubution, function of mechanoreceptors in shoulder joint.

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