Stretch Reflexes Can Have an Important Role in Force Enhancement during SSC Exercise

Proposed Mechanism of Force Generation in Striated Muscle

A. F. Huxley, Robert Simmons · Nature · 1971 · 2.3K citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Biomechanics +13

MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS

Anders Holm · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 1969 · 1.5K citations

Medicine, Kinesiology, Sports Medicine +10

Improvement in linearity and regulation of stiffness that results from actions of stretch reflex

T. Richard Nichols, James C. Houk · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1976 · 904 citations

Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Physiology +17

Tension responses to sudden length change in stimulated frog muscle fibres near slack length

Lincoln E. Ford, A. F. Huxley, Robert Simmons · The Journal of Physiology · 1977 · 856 citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physiology +17

Utilization of stored elastic energy in leg extensor muscles by men and women.

Paavo V. Komi, Carmelo Bosco · PubMed · 1978 · 798 citations

Life Sciences, Kinesiology, Physiology +16