Relationship between Biomechanical Characteristics of Spinal Manipulation and Neural Responses in an Animal Model: Effect of Linear Control of Thrust Displacement versus Force, Thrust Amplitude, Thrust Duration, and Thrust Rate

<table>Average change in spindle discharge to 3 thrust displacements and 7 thrust durations applied under displacement control. The inset shows that lumbar muscle spindles responded more as thrust displacement increased from 2 to 3 mm than as it increased from 1 to 2 mm. Symbols represent average for the cohort. Error bars represent adjusted 95% confidence intervals. ΔMIF change in mean instantaneous frequency, imp/s = number of impulses per second. <i>n</i> = number of cats in the cohort.</table>

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Figure 3: Relationship between Biomechanical Characteristics of Spinal Manipulation and Neural Responses in an Animal Model: Effect of Linear Control of Thrust Displacement versus Force, Thrust Amplitude, Thrust Duration, and Thrust Rate 

Figure 3 | Relationship between Biomechanical Characteristics of Spinal Manipulation and Neural Responses in an Animal Model: Effect of Linear Control of Thrust Displacement versus Force, Thrust Amplitude, Thrust Duration, and Thrust Rate 