Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 102-108 , January 2009

Use of a Combination of Ankle Pressure and SENSERite System to Treat Older Adults With Impaired Ankle Proprioception: A Single-Blind Experimental Study

  • Joshua H. You, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Yonsei University, Wonju City, Kangwon-do, Republic of South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Joshua H. You, PT, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept of Physical Therapy, Graduate School of Rehabilitation Science, Yonsei University, Director of Virtual Reality Education and Research Center, 234 Heoungup-Myon, MaeJi-Ri, Wonju City, Kangwon-do, 220-710 Republic of South Korea
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  • Susan Saliba, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, Sports Medicine Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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  • Ethan Saliba, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, Sports Medicine Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

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    Experimental setup for intervention.

    Experimental setup for intervention.

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    ACE in normativee subjects. Abbreviations: deg, degrees; PFT, positive feedback training.

    ACE in normativee subjects. Abbreviations: deg, degrees; PFT, positive feedback training.

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    VE in normative subjects. *Statistical significance at P<.05. Abbreviations: deg, degrees; PFT, positive feedback training.

    VE in normative subjects. *Statistical significance at P<.05. Abbreviations: deg, degrees; PFT, positive feedback training.

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    ACE in subjects with impaired position sense. *Statistical significance at P<.05. Abbreviations: deg, degrees; PFT, positive feedback training.

    ACE in subjects with impaired position sense. *Statistical significance at P<.05. Abbreviations: deg, degrees; PFT, positive feedback training.

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    VE in subjects with impaired position sense. *Statistical significance at P<.05. Abbreviations: deg, degrees; PFT, positive feedback training.

    VE in subjects with impaired position sense. *Statistical significance at P<.05. Abbreviations: deg, degrees; PFT, positive feedback training.

 Supported by the Hampton University Faculty Grant.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00838-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.05.022

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 102-108 , January 2009

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