Motor units are recruited in a progressive order, from the smallest (i.e., fewest number of muscle fi bers) and therefore the weakest motor units to the largest and stron- gest. This intrinsic behavior of motor unit recruitment is known as the size principle and refl ects inherent differences in the biophysical properties of respective motor neurons.
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