This is an account of experiments carried out in my laboratory over more than 20 years,
exploring the influence of exercise on human limb position sense. It is known that after …

Recent work has begun to explore the design of biologically inspired soft robots composed
of soft, stretchable materials for applications including the handling of delicate materials and …

The sense of position of the body and its limbs is a proprioceptive sense. Proprioceptors are
concerned with monitoring the body's own actions. Position sense is important because it is …

Muscle spindle proprioceptive receptors play a primary role in encoding the effects of
external mechanical perturbations to the body. During externally-imposed stretches of …

The kinesthetic senses are the senses of position and movement of the body, senses we are
aware of only on introspection. A method used to study kinesthesia is muscle vibration …

The aims of this study were (1) to assess the relationship between joint position (JPS) and
force sense (FS) and muscle strength (MS) and (2) to evaluate the impact of long‐term …

When a muscle relaxes after a contraction, cross-bridges between actin and myosin in
sarcomeres detach, but about 1% spontaneously form new, non-force-generating …

Muscle spindle proprioceptive receptors play a primary role in encoding the effects of
external mechanical perturbations to the body. During externally-imposed stretches of …

Introduction Despite recent technological advances that have led to sophisticated bionic
prostheses, attaining embodied solutions still remains a challenge. Recently, the …

The sense of limb position is important, because it is believed to contribute to our sense of
self-awareness. Muscle spindles, including both primary and secondary endings of spindles …