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Abstract
Background: Impairment of proprioception in the upper extremity may impede activities of daily living and limit motor gains after stroke. The aim of this study was to assess and evaluate objectively shoulder proprioception (joint position sense) in affected (contralesional) and unaffected (ipsilesional) side of stroke patients. The results: revealed a significant increase in the mean values of errors in the affected arm in all tested movements (active and passive external rotation, active and passive internal rotation) comparing the mean values of errors in the affected arm (G1) with the mean values of errors of both the dominant arm of normal subject (G2) and the unaffected arm (G1) (p<0.05). A non significant difference of all tested movements between the mean values of errors in the unaffected arm (G1) and the dominant arm of normal subject (G2). A non significant correlation between the mean values of errors in the affected arm in all tested movements in (G1) and the site of the lesion (cortical or subcortical). A non significant correlation between the mean values of errors in the affected arm in the following tested movements (active and passive external rotation, active internal rotation) in (G1) and the side of the lesion in the brain except for passive internal rotation as there was a significant inverse reasonable correlation between the mean values of errors of passive internal rotation in the affected arm and the side of the lesion in the brain (p<0.05)