Spindle model responsive to mixed fusimotor inputs and testable predictions of beta feedback effects.

@article{Maltenfort2003SpindleMR,  title={Spindle model responsive to mixed fusimotor inputs and testable predictions of beta feedback effects.},  author={Mitchell Gil Maltenfort and Robert E Burke},  journal={Journal of neurophysiology},  year={2003},  volume={89 5},  pages={          2797-809        },  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:18253128}}
A computationally efficient model of group Ia afferent behavior, capable of responding to multiple fusimotor inputs, was developed that matched experimental data and the strength of beta feedback, estimated as a "loop gain" was comparable to experimental estimates.

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