Recruitment order of human spindle endings in isometric voluntary contractions

1. The responses of twenty‐two spindle endings in the anterior tibial and toe extensor muscles of human subjects were studied during isometric voluntary contractions of the receptor‐bearing muscle with the ankle joint fixed in 25° plantar flexion.

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