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Proprioceptive Activity from Human Finger Muscles

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Feedback and Motor Control in Invertebrates and Vertebrates

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Theories concerning the role of intramuscular proprioceptors in motor control and perception were for a long time based on recordings of afferent activiby from reduced preparations, e.g. anaesthetised, spinal, or decerebrate animals. Such preparations have provided a wealth of data on the physiological properties of sense organs and their capaciby to measure movements and forces, as well as information on their central connections and synaptic actions on segmental and suprasegmental neurones. However, reduced preparations are not very suitable for direct analysis of sensory impulses in natural movements, except in simple reflexes. Admittedly, some studies of muscle spindle discharge have been done during natural and more complex movements, i.e. treadmill walking, respiratory movements, and jaw movements in the decerebrate or anaesthetised cat (e.g. Critchlow & von Euler, 1963; Davey & Taylor, 1967; Shik et al., 1968).

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Vallbo, A.B. (1985). Proprioceptive Activity from Human Finger Muscles. In: Barnes, W.J.P., Gladden, M.H. (eds) Feedback and Motor Control in Invertebrates and Vertebrates. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7084-0_26

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