Abstract
Joint-position sense of the knee was measured in 29 subjects with normal knee joints ranging in age from 20 to 82 years. Joint-position sense was determined by two common techniques that measure the threshold to detection of motion and the ability to reproduce passive knee positioning. Joint-position sense was found to deteriorate with increasing age as measured by both tests, with a correlation coefficient that was significant at the p < 0.001 level for each test. The two tests were found to correlate at the p < 0.025 level, indicating that the same biologic parameter was being measured by both tests. Deterioration of proprioception, or joint-position sense, as measured may be a sensitive indicator of subclinical degenerative joint disease of the knee, as well as a means of quantitating proprioception in suspected neuropathic joints.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 208-211 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Clinical orthopaedics and related research |
Volume | 184 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1984 |