On the Specificity of the RUM Like Joint Receptors

The response pattern of Ruffini like receptors has been studied in some 60 knee joint capsule preparations, which in a Tyrode bath were exposed to a linear increase of tension. The response pattern was also studied while applying an additional tension increase at angles to the linear one. From the findings it was concluded that the sensitivity bands displayed by the sense organs in situ are only a reflection of tension alterations in the capsule and not of specific end organ properties.