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This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract.

I appreciate the opportunity to respond to the detailed and thoughtful commentary by Dr Leonard. I found his comments and perspective of considerable interest.

This publication reports one component of an extensive and ongoing study into proximal muscle function responses following ankle injury. Although it is tempting to explore every facet of a research question in one article, limits must always be placed on the length and coverage of one publication. Nevertheless, it is acknowledged that methodological issues must be clear in every case. I welcome the opportunity to respond to Dr Leonard's queries about experimental control, the movement used for assessment of muscle function, and some of the reported results.

During the assessment of sensory function, pressure of the oscillator on the fibular head was controlled, as explained in the article, to ensure consistent contact with a gravity-applied force of 50 g. Use of a force transducer provides another method of quantifying the force, but was not deemed necessary for this experiment....

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