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Mechanoreceptor vs Dysafferentation - What's the difference?

mechanoreceptor | dysafferentation |

As nouns the difference between mechanoreceptor and dysafferentation

is that mechanoreceptor is any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment, such as movement, tension and pressure while dysafferentation is abnormal afferent input as a result of joint restriction that involves a functional decrease in the activity of large diameter mechanoreceptor afferent fibers and a simultaneous functional increases in the activity of nociceptive afferent nerve fibers.

mechanoreceptor

English

Noun

(wikipedia mechanoreceptor) (en noun)
  • (biology) any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment, such as movement, tension and pressure

    • Related terms

    * mechanoreception * mechanoreceptive

    dysafferentation

    English

    Noun

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  • (chiropractic) Abnormal afferent input as a result of joint restriction that involves a functional decrease in the activity of large diameter mechanoreceptor afferent fibers and a simultaneous functional increases in the activity of nociceptive afferent nerve fibers.

    • References

    *Definition from Redwood & Cleavland Fundamentals of Chiropractic *Seaman: J Manipulative Physiol Ther 20:634, 1997 *Seaman & Winterstein: J Manipulative Physiol Ther 21(4):267, 1998 *Schaible & Grub: Pain 55:5, 1993 *Burns LA: Effects of upper cervical and upper thoracic lesions J Am Osteopath Assoc 22:266, 1923