Publication
Title
The role of sensorimotor incongruence in pain in professional dancers
Author
Abstract
This study evaluated whether dancers with pain experience more sensory changes during an experimentally induced sensorimotor incongruent task and explored the relationship between sensorimotor incongruence and self-reported measures (e.g., Short Form 36-questionnaire (SF-36), psychosocial variables and physical activity). Forty-four dancers were subjected to a bimanual coordination test simulating sensorimotor incongruence (i.e., performing congruent and incongruent arm movements while viewing a whiteboard or mirror) and completed standardized questionnaires. Significantly more dancers experienced sensory changes during the performance of incongruent movements while viewing a mirror (p <.01), but the intensity of the reported sensations was very low. No differences were observed between dancers with and without baseline pain, but significant negative associations were found between sensorimotor incongruence and subscores of the SF-36. Sensorimotor incongruence can provoke small sensory changes in dancers but appears unrelated to baseline pain symptoms. Sensorimotor incongruence appears to be related to quality of life.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Motor control: the international journal for the multidisciplinary study of voluntary movement. - Champaign, Ill.
Publication
Champaign, Ill. : 2015
ISSN
1087-1640
DOI
10.1123/IJSNEM.2013-0074
Volume/pages
19 :4 (2015) , p. 271-288
ISI
000365732400002
Pubmed ID
26285081
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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