Motor Control

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Opening Lecture Muscle Sense, Proprioception and the Control of Movement....Pages 1-13
The Encoding of the Receptor Potential into Impulse Patterns of Muscle Spindle Afferents of Cats....Pages 15-32
Impulse Activity from Human Muscle Spindles During Voluntary Contractions....Pages 33-43
Impulse Decoding Process in Stretch Reflex....Pages 45-64
Motoneuronl Reflex Response to Vibration of the Contracting Muscle....Pages 65-74
Physiological Characteristics of the Tonic and Phasic Motor Units in Human Muscles....Pages 75-94
Pyramidal and Extra-Pyramidal Control on Mammalian Alpha Motoneurones....Pages 95-111
Supraspinal Mechanisms of Motor Control....Pages 113-137
Control of Motor Activity at the Thalamic Level of the Cat....Pages 139-145
Motor Effects of Stimulation of the Cerebral Cortex in the Dog. An Ontogenetic Study....Pages 147-166
On the Neuromuscular Origin of the Physiological Postural Tremor....Pages 167-177
On the Spontaneous and Induced Body Oscillations....Pages 179-194
Muscle Stiffness and Motor Control - Forces in the Ankle During Locomotion and Standing....Pages 195-215
The Control of Posture and Locomotion....Pages 217-234
On the Dynamic Equilibrium of the Pedatar Systems....Pages 235-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-259