Skinner H B, Barrack R L, Cook S D
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1984 Apr(184):208-11.
Joint-position sense of the knee was measured in 29 subjects with normal knee joints ranging in age from 20 to 82 years. Joint-position sense was determined by two common techniques that measure the threshold to detection of motion and the ability to reproduce passive knee positioning. Joint-position sense was found to deteriorate with increasing age as measured by both tests, with a correlation coefficient that was significant at the p less than 0.001 level for each test. The two tests were found to correlate at the p less than 0.025 level, indicating that the same biologic parameter was being measured by both tests. Deterioration of proprioception, or joint-position sense, as measured may be a sensitive indicator of subclinical degenerative joint disease of the knee, as well as a means of quantitating proprioception in suspected neuropathic joints.
对29名膝关节正常、年龄在20至82岁之间的受试者进行了膝关节位置觉测量。通过两种常用技术来确定关节位置觉，这两种技术分别测量运动检测阈值和重现被动膝关节定位的能力。通过这两种测试发现，随着年龄增长，关节位置觉会变差，每次测试的相关系数在p小于0.001水平时具有显著性。发现这两种测试在p小于0.025水平时具有相关性，表明两种测试测量的是相同的生物学参数。所测量的本体感觉或关节位置觉的恶化可能是膝关节亚临床退行性关节病的一个敏感指标，也是对疑似神经病变关节的本体感觉进行定量的一种方法。
