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Postural adaptation implies a change in motor system parameters in response to certain types of stimuli. In the peripheral limb of the motor control system there are two sites at which such changes might occur; at the muscle and at the muscle spindle. Intimately related to these forms of adaptation are changes in the gain of the stretch reflex loop within the spinal cord.
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Gottlieb, G.L., Agarwal, G.C. (1973). Postural Adaptation. The Nature of Adaptive Mechanisms in the Human Motor System. In: Stein, R.B., Pearson, K.G., Smith, R.S., Redford, J.B. (eds) Control of Posture and Locomotion. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4547-3_18
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