Upper extremity proprioception in healthy aging and stroke populations, and the effects of therapist- and robot-based rehabilitation therapies on proprioceptive function

• Main Authors: Hughes, Charmayne Mary Lee, Tommasino, Paolo, Budhota, Aamani, Campolo, Domenico
• 其他作者: Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS)
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2015
• 主題: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93141; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25384
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

The world’s population is aging, with the number of people ages 65 or older expected to surpass 1.5 billion people, or 16% of the global total. As people age, there are notable declines in proprioception due to changes in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Moreover, the risk of stroke incre...