Relationship between cervicocephalic kinesthetic sensibility measured during dynamic unpredictable head movements and eye movement control or postural balance in neck pain patients

Živa Majcen Rošker (Author), Miha Vodičar (Author), Eythor Kristjansson (Author)

Abstract

Cervical afferent input is believed to affect postural balance and oculomotor control in neck pain patients, but its relationship to cervicocephalic kinesthesia, describing movement sense, has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship of two aspects of cervicocephalic kinesthesia to postural balance and oculomotor control in neck torsion positions. Forty-three idiopathic neck pain patients referred from orthopedic outpatient clinics and forty-two asymptomatic controls were enrolled in the study. A force plate was used to measure center-of-pressure movements during parallel stances under neutral and neck torsion maneuvers. Video-oculography was used to assess eye movements during smooth pursuit neck torsion test (SPNTT), while kinesthetic awareness was measured using the Butterfly test and head-to-neutral relocation test. Multiple regression was used to describe relationships between tests. Body sway in the anterior–posterior direction was related to Butterfly parameters but less to the head-to-neutral test. A medium relationship between Butterfly parameters and gain during SPNTT, with less SPNT-difference, was observed, but not for the head-to-neutral test. It can be concluded that specific aspect of neck kinesthetic functions (i.e., movement sense) importantly contributes towards oculomotor and balance control, which is more evident under neck torsion positions in neck pain patients, but is less pronounced in asymptomatic individuals.

Keywords

šport;senzomotorične funkcije;bolečine v vratu;bolniki;ravnovesje;okulomotorni nadzor;propriocepcija;sport;sensorimotor functions;neck pain;patients;balance;oculomotor control;proprioception;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2022
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FŠ - Faculty of Sport
UDC:	796.01:611.93:616-009.7
COBISS:	119369731
ISSN:	1660-4601
Views:	30
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	šport;senzomotorične funkcije;bolečine v vratu;bolniki;ravnovesje;okulomotorni nadzor;propriocepcija;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 1-10
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ19
Issue:	ǂiss. ǂ14, ǂart. ǂ8405
Chronology:	2022
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph19148405
ID:	18572686