Proprioception -- sometimes called the ‘sixth sense’ -- refers to “the body’s ability to sense movement, action and location.” It’s accomplished by proprioceptors, specialized neurons located within ...

Beginning in grade school, most everyone is taught about the five senses: touch, sight, taste, smell and sound. These are responsible for our interaction with the external world around us. Sensory ...

Proprioception is the imperceptible and invisible sense, often referred to as the unconscious sixth sense. It relies on mechanosensory neurons located within muscles, tendons and joints and, as such, ...

Understanding proprioception can help to interpret how correct movement requires well-organized, accurate signals from the muscles firing to the brain. These pointers can be easily manipulated simply ...

Have you ever stumbled on uneven ground (or even ground) but somehow caught yourself before you fell? That’s proprioception, your body’s built-in GPS. It’s your body’s ability to sense where it is in ...

1 School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Correspondence to: M de Noronha School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, ...

Correspondence to: Dr Kaminski, Department of Health, Nutrition & Exercise Science, Human Performance Laboratory, University of Delaware, 541 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19716, USA; ...