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Let us accept a “controlled trade-off” model of motor control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Lloyd D. Partridge
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

Abstract

The trade-off between force and length of muscle as adjusted by neural signals is a critical fact in the dynamics of motor control. Whether we call it “length-tension effect,” “feedback-like,” “invariant condition,” or “spring-like” is unimportant. We must not let semantics or details of representation obscure the basic physics of effects introduced by this trade-off in muscle.

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Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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