The Comparison of the Effect of Deep and Superficial Heat on Healthy Ankle Joint Position Sense

Background: Heat therapy is one of the natural treatments that can affect the information transferred by the proprioceptive receptors. Heat has an effect on the conduction velocity of peripheral nerves, but the exact effect of two kinds of deep and superficial heat on the joint position sense is...

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Main Authors: Farahnaz Ghaffarinejad, Farzaneh Moslemi Haghighi, Soraya Pirouzi, Shohreh Taghizadeh, Tahereh Motiallah, Nasrin Salehi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2014-09-01
Series:Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research
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Online Access:http://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/index.php/jrsr/article/view/8/39