Maintaining balance standing upright is an active process that complements the stabilizing
properties of muscle stiffness with feedback control driven by independent sensory …

Aims To establish normative values of vibration perception thresholds (VPTs), using multi-
frequency vibrometry at finger pulps and at metatarsal heads of the foot in healthy adults. We …

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by fasting hyperglycemia.
It affects approximately 415 million people worldwide and involves a variety of …

Background Vibrotactile input is a useful sensory cue for individuals with Parkinson's
Disease (PD) to overcome freezing of gait (FoG). For this input to serve as a cue, its accurate …

Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease that affects millions of
people, and according to the International Diabetes Federation, 46.5% of people have …

Non-invasive coordinated reset stimulation (CRS) to the hands has been shown to improve
motor ability in Parkinson's patients, but not specific for gait disturbances. The overall aim of …

A crucial feature of the upper limb motor control is the possibility of predicting the
consequences of our own movements. The literature suggested that the central nervous …

Bimanual force coordination is essential for various daily interactions with objects. Although
the age-related decline in sensory perception and motor function has been extensively …

In daily living activities, proprioception is fundamental to interact with the environment and
rapidly react to changing circumstances. The ability to coordinate force and position in …

The sense of touch is processed by the somatosensory system in which mechanoreceptors
are the sensory neurons that translate mechanical stimuli into neural impulses by using …