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The role of group II muscle afferents in motor regulation has been underemphasized and controversially discussed for a long time (cf. Matthews 1972). The experimental data obtained on the synaptic linkage and the convergence in the reflex pathways from group II muscle afferents to α-motoneurones during the recent years may form a basis for an advanced interpretation of their function in spinal motor control.
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Schomburg, E.D., Steffens, H. (1985). Convergence in segmental reflex pathways from group II muscle afferents to α-motoneurones. In: Boyd, I.A., Gladden, M.H. (eds) The Muscle Spindle. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07695-6_39
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