Abstract
Recent years have witnessed increasing interest in the neurophysiological study of the joint function and disorder. A physical therapist, an expert of joint control, has a broad knowledge and technique from the fields of kinesiology and biomechanics, but is lacking in those from the neurophysiological viewpoint. Joint constituents include lots of nerve receptors, and few data exist on the neurophysiological effect of various physical therapies on the receptors. For example, what kind of neurophysiological changes occur in joint capsule or ligament after manual interventions to the joint? How the joint injury or degeneration of joint constituents affect the function of nerve receptor and nerve-muscle coordination? This review introduces joint neurophysiology, referring to the previous studies.
