designating or of stimuli produced in body tissues, as the muscles or tendons, and received there by the proprioceptors
Word origin
< L proprius, one's own + receptive
proprioceptive in American English
(ˌproupriəˈseptɪv)
adjective
Physiology
pertaining to proprioceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them
Word origin
[1905–10; proprio- + (re)ceptive]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: jazz, overcall, persona, scrounge, thiamine
Examples of 'proprioceptive' in a sentence
proprioceptive
Objective measures (proprioceptive drift) and subjective measures (survey answers) were used to assess prosthesis embodiment.
David M. Page, Jacob A. George, David T. Kluger, Christopher Duncan, Suzanne Wendelken,Tyler Davis, Douglas T. Hutchinson, Gregory A. Clark 2018, 'Motor Control and Sensory Feedback Enhance Prosthesis Embodiment and Reduce PhantomPain After Long-Term Hand Amputation', Frontiers in Human Neurosciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00352/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The activity of proprioceptive afferents contributes to local and descending circuit rearrangements that parallel recovery.
Aya Takeoka, Silvia Arber 2019, 'Functional Local Proprioceptive Feedback Circuits Initiate and Maintain LocomotorRecovery after Spinal Cord Injury', Cell Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124719303171. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Recommendations are made for choosing an appropriate technique when assessing proprioceptive mechanismsin different contexts.
Jia Han, Gordon Waddington, Roger Adams, Judith Anson, Yu Liu 2016, 'Assessing proprioception: A critical review of methods', Journal of Sport and Health Sciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254615000058. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Otherwise, trisensory stimulation did not override bimodal conditions that already included a muscle proprioceptive stimulation.
Caroline Blanchard, Régine Roll, Jean-Pierre Roll, Anne Kavounoudias 2013, 'Differential Contributions of Vision, Touch and Muscle Proprioception to the Codingof Hand Movements', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0062475. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Noise can enhance perception of tactile and proprioceptive stimuli by stochastic resonance processes.
Irene Onorato, Giuseppina D'Alessandro, Maria Amalia Di Castro, Massimiliano Renzi,Gabriella Dobrowolny, Antonio Musarò, Marco Salvetti, Cristina Limatola, Andrea Crisanti,Francesca Grassi 2016, 'Noise Enhances Action Potential Generation in Mouse Sensory Neurons via StochasticResonance', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0160950. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sighted youngsters, in particular, favored a proprioceptive exploration strategy.
Fabrizio Leo, Carla Tinti, Silvia Chiesa, Roberta Cavaglià, Susanna Schmidt, ElenaCocchi, Luca Brayda 2018, 'Improving spatial working memory in blind and sighted youngsters using programmabletactile displays', SAGE Open Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1177/2050312118820028. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Clinicians use a combination of ophthalmic prisms and proprioceptive soles to improve postural performances.
Zoi Kapoula, Chrystal Gaertner, Eric Matheron 2012, 'Spherical lenses and prisms lead to postural instability in both dyslexic and nondyslexic adolescents.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3489872?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)