Knee joint position sense is not influenced by dominance

Abstract

Introduction: Most studies related to proprioceptive evaluation are conducted in participants with musculoskeletal injuries. There is no consensus regarding the presence of proprioceptive deficits determined by the lower limb dominance. Objectives: To evaluate the knee joint position sense (JPS) in volunteers without knee musculoskeletal injuries. Methods: Nineteen participants without knee musculoskeletal injuries were evaluated by the determination of the dominance and of the JPS on three angles (30°, 45° and 60°) of knee flexion. The angles of active repositioning, relative and absolute errors in the three angles were compared. Results: The right lower limb was the dominant for all participants and there was no significant difference between dominant and non-dominant lower limb in the active repositioning, relative and absolute errors (p>0.05). Conclusions: We can infer that there is no difference in the JPS between dominant (right) and non-dominant (left) lower limb of participants without musculoskeletal injuries.