Even if such problems are well known there is an inadequate and lack of specific evaluation technique that could allow the quantification and assessment of the impairment due to the proprioceptors inability to function properly. In this respect, it was conduced a pilot investigation to analyse the possibility for detecting and quantifying the operated knee joint propioceptors functional capacity. For this purpose a new diagnostic technique, consisting on monitoring the muscles EMGrms activity during vibration, was applied for identify altered neural strategies of motoneuron pool recruitment. Previous findings of EMGrms recorded in biceps brachii of boxers (2), showed a significant enhancement (P<0.001)>.
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