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    • Intact position sense is vital for effective neuromotor recovery after neurological injury.
    • Current clinical assessments for position sense, such as bimanual position matching, have limitations.
    • The distinction between intrinsic (joint-based) and extrinsic (spatial location) coordinate matching in position sense assessment is not fully understood.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate whether different coordinate systems (intrinsic vs. extrinsic) impact position sense assessment accuracy.
    • To compare performance in position sense tasks using intrinsic versus extrinsic matching paradigms.
    • To determine the optimal method for evaluating position sense deficits in individuals with and without motor impairments.

    Main Methods:

    • A robotic manipulandum was used to passively move the contralateral limb through 24 distinct spatial positions.
    • Participants (8 healthy controls, 2 stroke survivors with left hemiparesis) performed a bimanual position matching task.
    • Subjects matched the passive limb's position with their active limb using either intrinsic (joint angle replication) or extrinsic (spatial location replication) coordinate matching.

    Main Results:

    • All participants, including those with hemiparesis, demonstrated superior performance in the extrinsic coordinate matching condition.
    • The extrinsic paradigm yielded more accurate position sense replication compared to the intrinsic paradigm across all subjects.
    • This suggests a potential difference in the neural processing or task demands between the two matching methods.

    Conclusions:

    • Extrinsic coordinate matching appears to be a more sensitive and reliable method for assessing position sense deficits.
    • The findings have implications for refining clinical protocols for neuromotor recovery assessment.
    • Future research should explore the underlying neural mechanisms differentiating intrinsic and extrinsic position sense processing.