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Review
. 2015 Mar 2:9:120.
doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00120. eCollection 2015.

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

Charmayne Mary Lee Hughes  1 , Paolo Tommasino  1 , Aamani Budhota  2 , Domenico Campolo  1
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Review

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

Charmayne Mary Lee Hughes et al. Front Hum Neurosci. .

Abstract

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 increases with age, with approximately two-thirds of stroke-related hospitalizations occurring in people over the age of 65. In this literature review, we first summarize behavioral studies investigating proprioceptive deficits in normally aging older adults and stroke patients, and discuss the differences in proprioceptive function between these populations. We then provide a state of the art review the literature regarding therapist- and robot-based rehabilitation of the upper extremity proprioceptive dysfunction in stroke populations and discuss avenues of future research.

Keywords: aging; proprioception; rehabilitation robotics; stroke; upper extremity.

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