Atletik ve atletik olmayan sağlıklı denekler arasında duyusal algı, ayak ve ayak bileği propriyosepsiyonu ve denge arasındaki ilişki

Exercise is considered as one of the multidisciplinary additions to treatment programs, and it is recommended in the guidelines of many treatment protocols for the improvement of many impaired physical functions. Pain perception is known to be sensitive to various processes, therefore the amount and nature of the pain are not exclusively driven by the noxious input itself, but it can be influenced by psychological, mental, physiological and physical reasons. Proprioception is the feedback that is driven from sensation and recognization of external features and contributes to conscious muscle sensation, postural equilibrium, and joint stability. While balance can be defined statically as the ability to maintain a base of support with minimal movement and dynamically as the ability to perform a task while maintaining a stable position. The purpose of this study is to determine how can regular exercising affect pain perception, proprioception, and balance among healthy young subjects and to identify the nature of the correlation between those factors. 42 healthy participants were included in this study (21 athletes and 21 non-athletes). An algometer (push-pull baseline dolorimeter 66LB/30KG) was used for the evaluation of pain threshold and pain tolerance ratings, for proprioception repositioning accuracy was quantified through the active angle reproduction test (AART) for first, fifth metatarsals and ankle joints, and the dynamic balance was assessed by star excursion balance test (SEBT), while static balance tested by a single-leg standing test (SLST). The findings showed significant diffirences between athletes and non athletes in pain perception, proprioception and dynamic balance(p<0.05) so they are affected with regular exercise. While static balance showed not to be affected with regular exercise as there was no significant difference between groups (p˃0.05). Pain perception, proprioception and dynamic balance are influenced by gender (p<0.05), while static balance is not affected by gender (p˃0.05). A positive meaningful relationship was found only between Body mass index and pain perception among athletes group. Pearson Correlation test showed that there is no meaningful relationship between any of pain perception, proprioception or balance in both groups. İn a conclucion regular participation to different types of sports showed to affect on pain perception, propprioception, and dynmic balance⁏ but not static balance. An influence of gender on pain perception proprioception and dynamic balance but not static balance was releved. Also there was no meaningful correlational relationship between any of the evaluated variables. Keywords: Joint Position Sense, Pain Perception, Balance,