Is muscle-tendon unit length a valid indicator for muscle spindle output?

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-14

  Maas, Huub ^a   Lichtwark, Glen A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NEUROMODULATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACHILLES TENDON; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 58149301320     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.165555     Document Type: Note

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