Muscle-based perception: theory, research and implications for rehabilitation

INTRODUCAO: A percepcao muscular das propriedades espaciais dos membros restringe o padrao, periodo e magnitude das forcas exercidas durante a execucao de atividades motoras. A importância central da percepcao muscular, tanto para acoes rotineiras quanto para acoes especializadas, merece atencao da comunidade envolvida na area de reabilitacao, uma vez que alteracoes em suas funcoes podem estar relacionadas a importantes limitacoes funcionais. Nesta revisao, os autores apresentam um resumo da pesquisa que pode ser utilizada para guiar o desenvolvimento de ferramentas de avaliacao eficazes bem como programas de reabilitacao que sejam especificamente direcionados para estas disfuncoes. OBJETIVOS: Quatro pontos especificos foram incluidos: primeiro, a apresentacao da abordagem com base em informacoes relativas a percepcao muscular de acordo com as leis da fisica; segundo, a identificacao dos principios centrais determinantes da percepcao muscular que vem sendo revelada e apoiada por trabalhos empiricos; terceiro, um resumo dos relatos que investigaram e se os principios identificados poderiam ser generalizados para a percepcao muscular dos individuos com alteracoes motoras e sensitivas; e quarto, uma discussao preliminar sobre as implicacoes potenciais da pesquisa aqui apresentada, no tocante aos assuntos relacionados a reabilitacao.

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