"Proprioception" ed. by José A. Vega, Juan Cobo

This book examines the basics of proprioception as well as its function in the lower extremities, the head, in children with disabilities, and its connection with virtual reality.

Proprioception is the sense of body position and movement, with conscious and unconscious components, that determines and conditions the human body’s relationship with the environment. This quality of mechanosensitivity deteriorates in some pathologies and is responsible for some alterations of the locomotor system that appear in elderly persons. In those situations, the failure of proprioception reduces the quality of life of the subjects. The widespread use in developed countries of substitute joint prostheses makes it necessary to rethink the concepts of movement detection and perception.

Contents
1. Structural and Biological Basis for Proprioception
2. Proprioception and Clinical Correlation
3. Recording of Proprioceptive Muscle Reflexes in the Lower Extremity
4. The Knee Proprioception as Patient-Dependent Outcome Measures within Surgical and Non-Surgical Interventions
5. Proprioceptors in Cephalic Muscles
6. Proprioception Impairment and Treatment Approaches in Pediatrics
7. Proprioceptive Perception: An Emergence of the Interaction of Body and Language
8. Nomophobia Kids and Proprioception
9. Proprioception in Immersive Virtual Reality


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