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2021, Gait and PostureCitation Excerpt :The stimulus was active prior to heel strike until mid-stance of the level and stair walking cycle. Intermittent stimulus was selected to prevent adaptation of cutaneous receptors to continuous stimulus [26,27]. Treatment B (passive, pressure only) was a commercially available passive dual knee band, marketed for knee pain relief (Hueglo®) (Fig. 1a), selected on the basis of applying isolated compression, shown to reduce knee pain in persons with knee OA [28,29].
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2021, Gait and PostureCitation Excerpt :In the non-impaired nervous system, descending supraspinal control regulates spinal reflex activity, but following stroke lesions, this supraspinal control is disrupted, thus impaired threshold of the stretch reflex pathway and impaired reflex adaptations are observed in people post-stroke [30–32]. Augmented somatosensory input, such as vibratory stimulations, have been shown to activate and alter central mechanisms in the stroke-impaired nervous system, and thus improve motor functions, likely via enhanced activity of the somatosensory cortex and presynaptic inhibition of the afferent discharge [33–36]. Specifically, strong synaptic coupling between afferents from the sole of the foot and motor neurons supplying the leg muscles have been demonstrated in humans, and it has been proposed that afferent inputs mediate its effect on motor functions via modulating the excitability of the motor cortex [37–39].
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2019, Journal of BiomechanicsCitation Excerpt :This cross-modal plasticity of the somatosensory system could, therefore, be exploited to induce desired changes in patterns of muscle contraction via mechanical stimulation of cutaneous mechanoreceptors that respond to stimuli such as compressive pressure and vibration (Bolanowski, 1996; Johnson, 2001). Additionally, an intermittent stimulus may produce an optimal response since a constant stimulus can have a diminished response (Pubols, 1982; Ribot-Ciscar et al., 1989). Muscle activation in response to cutaneous receptor stimulation can be modulated by a variety of factors (Zehr et al., 1997) including the phase of the gait cycle, the intensity of stimulation and the nature of the task being performed, i.e. rhythmic movements such as walking.