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Relationship between Cervicocephalic Kinesthetic Sensibility Measured during Dynamic Unpredictable Head Movements and Eye Movement Control or Postural Balance in Neck Pain Patients

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  • Ziva Majcen Rosker

    (Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia)

  • Miha Vodicar

    (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Orthopaedics, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia)

  • Eythor Kristjansson

    (Landspitali University Hospital, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland)

Abstract

Cervical afferent input is believed to affect postural balance and oculomotor control in neck pain patients, but its relationship to cervicocephalic kinesthesia, describing movement sense, has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship of two aspects of cervicocephalic kinesthesia to postural balance and oculomotor control in neck torsion positions. Forty-three idiopathic neck pain patients referred from orthopedic outpatient clinics and forty-two asymptomatic controls were enrolled in the study. A force plate was used to measure center-of-pressure movements during parallel stances under neutral and neck torsion maneuvers. Video-oculography was used to assess eye movements during smooth pursuit neck torsion test (SPNTT), while kinesthetic awareness was measured using the Butterfly test and head-to-neutral relocation test. Multiple regression was used to describe relationships between tests. Body sway in the anterior–posterior direction was related to Butterfly parameters but less to the head-to-neutral test. A medium relationship between Butterfly parameters and gain during SPNTT, with less SPNT-difference, was observed, but not for the head-to-neutral test. It can be concluded that specific aspect of neck kinesthetic functions (i.e., movement sense) importantly contributes towards oculomotor and balance control, which is more evident under neck torsion positions in neck pain patients, but is less pronounced in asymptomatic individuals.

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  • Ziva Majcen Rosker & Miha Vodicar & Eythor Kristjansson, 2022. "Relationship between Cervicocephalic Kinesthetic Sensibility Measured during Dynamic Unpredictable Head Movements and Eye Movement Control or Postural Balance in Neck Pain Patients," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-10, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:14:p:8405-:d:859215
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    1. Masood Mazaheri & Deepa Abichandani & Idsart Kingma & Julia Treleaven & Deborah Falla, 2021. "A meta-analysis and systematic review of changes in joint position sense and static standing balance in patients with whiplash-associated disorder," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(4), pages 1-28, April.
    2. Ziva Majcen Rosker & Miha Vodicar & Eythor Kristjansson, 2022. "Is Altered Oculomotor Control during Smooth Pursuit Neck Torsion Test Related to Subjective Visual Complaints in Patients with Neck Pain Disorders?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-10, March.
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