Originally Posted by lady_express_44

This is interesting to me, as I never considered Proprioception as meaning that, at least with reference to MS. Maybe I have misunderstood all this time though.

Several years ago, I went looking for a description of what it's called when I don't know where my arms are legs are, and I ran across this word/description:

"Proprioceptive Dysfunction = Loss of awareness of location of body parts"

http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/mssymptoms.html

I thought that was the right word, but maybe it's not.

What happens with me, sometimes, is I can be laying on my bed or the couch, and with my eyes closed, I could not tell you which way my leg or arm is laying. It might be right across my body, at my side . . . I have no idea. It's like a brain disconnect that I can't move it either, at least until I open my eyes, locate the limb, and concentrate hard on moving it. I thought this was Proprioceptive dysfunction, but when I look up the "generic" definition . . . I'm not so sure it is correct:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception

http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/RombergTest.html

Hmmm ... does this word work for both situations?

Cherie

BTW, no question is ever "quick" around here. ;-P