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• Therapeutic outcome include enhanced proprioceptive feedback and motor

control.

Merkel cells

Merkel cells:

• Are found in superficial skin

• Respond to localized pressure, sustained loading and tissue displacement

• Therapeutic outcomes may include certain neuromodulation and

neuroendocrine responses.

Ruffini organs

Ruffini organs:

• Are found below the skin in dense CT/fascia and joint related tissues

• Are especially responsive to slow, sustained, deeper pressure, slow deep

strokes and lateral/tangential forces or stretch (Kruger 1987)

• Therapeutic outcomes include sedation of sympathetic activity.

IRs

IRs:

• Are plentiful in various presentations of fascia, including periosteum

• Are multi-modal in their function as noci (pain), thermo, chemo, and the

majority as mechanoreceptors (e.g. intrafascial mechanoreceptors)

• In their role as mechanoreceptors, respond to tension, pressure, tissue stretch

and ultralight touch

• Therapeutic outcomes include the ability to influence autonomic responses, e.g.

blood pressure changes and improved parasympathetic/sympathetic balance.

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