proprioception in English

noun

reception of information about body position movements by the sensory systems

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1. The movement errors accumulate until error from proprioception counteracts trust in the motor command (which tells the hand where to go).

2. Ataxic gaits (sensory ataxia, cerebellar ataxia, chorea, and multiinfarct gaits) can be associated with sensory disturbances such as vision and proprioception (awareness of the position and movements of limbs) disorders.

3. Athetosis is a disorder with sinuous, slow, irregular, and involuntary movements affecting distal limbs. Despite the decline of its use, the term is still employed to describe the distal limb dystonia in cerebral palsy as well as writhing finger and/or toe movements due to loss of proprioception (pseudoAthetosis).