The equilibrium point hypothesis provides a framework for understanding human movement by conceptualizing it as a transition between various equilibrium states. Performing a movement necessitates the disappearance of an initial equilibrium point and the establishment of new ones, or a series of them. This hypothesis effectively specifies the physiological variables that the central nervous system employs as control variables, focusing on the training of alpha motor neurons to alter muscle length and force. By adjusting these motor neuron balances, complex movements emerge through a sequence of shifting equilibrium points.

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