Is There a Relationship between Proprioception and Vibration Sense on the Shoulder?

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between shoulder proprioception and vibration sense in healthy individuals. Method: 23 individuals of age 18-25 years participated in the study. Shoulder proprioception sense was evaluated with an isokinetic dynamometer. And also 128 Hz tuning fork was applied to evaluate vibration sense and the vibration perception time (VPT) was measured with a chronometer. Results: The study included 10 women (43.5%) and 13 men (56.5%) in total. The relationship between proprioception sub-parameters the threshold to detect passive motion,reproduction of passive and active positioning and the VPT time was not found significant (p>0.05). Conclusion: This is the first study to evaluate the proprioception and vibration sense relationship in the shoulder joint and these findings will guide other studies in the future. In addition to various known proprioceptive sense measurement method, the diversification and objectification of the vibration sense measurement technique is gaining importance. Whether the vibration threshold time results are affected by different pathologies should also be investigated.