Abstract
The relationship between three parameters of a tendon tap used as the stretch stimulus (peak force, rate of increase of force and total duration of the tap) and the phasic stretch reflex-measured by the muscle-action potential (m.a.p.), were examined statistically using a multiple regression analysis. It was found with relaxed, normal humans in a stimulus-attenuated environment that the peak force of the tap was the most significant parameter in determining the response. Under these conditions the primary ending of the muscle spindle appears to be more sensitive to the peak force applied to the tendon than the other two parameters measured.
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