Mechanisms of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition

CONCLUSION: AMI is a sequential and cumulative neurological process that leads to complex clinical impairments. Originating with altered afferent information arising from an injured joint, patients experience changes in afferent information, reflexive muscle inhibition, deficiencies in somatosensation, neuroplastic compensations in higher brain centers, and ultimately decreased motor output to the muscle surrounding the joint. Other aspects of clinical function, like muscle structure and psychological responses to injury, are also impaired and influenced by AMI. Removing, or reducing, AMI should continue to be a focus of rehabilitation programs to assist in the optimization of health after joint injury.PMID:34470911 | DOI:10.1123/jsr.2020-0479
Source: Journal of Sport Rehabilitation - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Source Type: research