Implicit motor imagery of the foot and hand in people with Achilles tendinopathy: a left right judgement study.
Ebonie Kendra RioTasha R StantonBenedict M WandJames R DebenhamJill CookMark J CatleyG Lorimer MoseleyPrudence ButlerKylie ChengAdrian J MallowsMonique V B WilsonMichael A GirdwoodPublished in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) (2021)
Impairments in motor imagery performance for hands were not found in this study and we found inconsistent results for foot accuracy. This contrasts to studies in persistent pain of limbs, face and knee osteoarthritis, and suggests that differences in pathoaetiology or patient demographics may uniquely influence proprioceptive representation.