Kinaesthesia

Henry Charlton Bastian

Gene Ontology
Parent
Proprioception
QuickGO

Kinesthesia means sensation of movement and is defined as the "ability to unconsciously control and control movements of body parts". The word creation kinaesthesis - a combination of the two ancient Greek words κινέω ( kineō "move, move") and αἴσθησις ( aisthēsis "perception, experience") - goes back to the British neurologist Henry Charlton Bastian , who suggested around 1880 that the sense of movement ( Sense of Movement → Kinaesthesis) and a brain area responsible for processing sensations of movement (Sense of Movement Center → Kinaesthetic Center) .

Use of terms

In sensory physiology , the term kinaesthesia is used to denote one of the three sensory modalities of proprioception - the sense of movement (in addition to sense of position and sense of strength ). Kinesthesia is based on receptors of the musculoskeletal system in joints , muscles ( muscle spindles ) and tendons ( Golgi tendon organs ) and is largely unconscious.

Sensory organs of kinaesthesia:
Muscle spindle
Golgi tendon organ

In kinaesthetics - as well as in psychology , pedagogy and nursing science - terms such as kinaesthetic perception , kinaesthetic sense or kinaesthetic sensory system are often used as synonyms for proprioception or depth sensitivity per se, i.e. as collective terms for the sense of position, force and movement.

In connection with tactile perception, the terms tactile-kinaesthetic sense and tactile-kinaesthetic sense system are also used .

Web links

Wiktionary: kinaesthesia - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

U. Proske, SC Gandevia: The kinaesthetic senses. Topical review. In: The Journal of Physiology . 587.17 2009, pp. 4139-4146 (accessed June 7, 2013)
J. Rosker, N. Sarabon: Kinaesthesia and Methods for its Assessment. Literature Review. In: Sport Science Review. Volume XIX, Issue 5–6, pp. 165–208 (accessed June 7, 2013)

Individual evidence

↑ Duden: The foreign dictionary. Leipzig / Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-04058-0 , p. 928.
↑ Kinesthesis. In: Henry Charlton Bastian: The brain as an organ of mind. Keagan Paul, London 1880, p. 543. (Accessed: November 11, 2011)

Remarks

↑ In the specialist literature, the importance of vestibular perception for proprioception is pointed out; z. B .: "The vestibular organ makes an important contribution to proprioception." In: R. Schmidt, H.-G. Schaible: Neuro- and sensory physiology. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-25700-4 , p. 215. (online)
↑ The neurophysiologist Arthur Prochazka from the University of Alberta makes an interactive receptor model available online , which impressively shows the frequencies of the action potentials of muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs at rest and during movement. The enormous capacity of the kinaesthetic sense organs becomes clear.
↑ “The kinesthetic sense constantly provides sensory feedback on what the body is doing during motor activities. Without him we would not be able to coordinate most voluntary movements. ”In: PG Zimbardo, RJ Gerrig: Psychologie. 18th updated edition. Pearson Studies, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8273-7275-8 .

[Duden-1] Duden: The foreign dictionary. Leipzig / Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-04058-0 , p. 928.

[Bastian-2] Kinesthesis. In: Henry Charlton Bastian: The brain as an organ of mind. Keagan Paul, London 1880, p. 543. (Accessed: November 11, 2011)

[3] In the specialist literature, the importance of vestibular perception for proprioception is pointed out; z. B .: "The vestibular organ makes an important contribution to proprioception." In: R. Schmidt, H.-G. Schaible: Neuro- and sensory physiology. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-25700-4 , p. 215. (online)

[4] The neurophysiologist Arthur Prochazka from the University of Alberta makes an interactive receptor model available online , which impressively shows the frequencies of the action potentials of muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs at rest and during movement. The enormous capacity of the kinaesthetic sense organs becomes clear.

[5] “The kinesthetic sense constantly provides sensory feedback on what the body is doing during motor activities. Without him we would not be able to coordinate most voluntary movements. ”In: PG Zimbardo, RJ Gerrig: Psychologie. 18th updated edition. Pearson Studies, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8273-7275-8 .