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As an extension of a previous paper (Inbar, 1972/II) wherein the servo model of muscle control was analyzed and found insufficient in describing muscle control phenomena, an optimal adaptive model is proposed, where muscle spindles serve as the sensors of muscle dynamics. The concept of an adaptive system is defined and illustrated within the framework of an algorithmic adaptive, or “learning” scheme. A speculative attempt is made to correlate the various adaptive model components with the anatomical structures involved in muscle control. The paper concludes with a general discussion of the adaptive system approach to physiological systems.
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Inbar, G.F. Muscle spindles in muscle control. Kybernetik 11, 130–141 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270669
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