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The lambda model is only one piece in the motor control puzzle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Jeffrey Dean
Affiliation:
Abteilung 4/Fakultä für Biologie, Universitāt Bielefeld, D-33501, Bielefeld, Germany. Jeff@bio128.uni-bietefeld.de

Abstract

The lambda model provides a physiologically grounded terminology for describing muscle function and emphasizes the important influence of environmental and reflex-mediated effects on final states. However, lambda itself is only a convenient point on the length-tension curve; its importance should not be overemphasized. Ascribing movement to changes in a lambda-based frame of reference is generally valid, but it leaves unanswered a number of questions concerning mechanisms.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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