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Where and how this transformation emerges along the somatosensory axis from peripheral proprioceptive receptors remains unclear. We simultaneously recorded lumbosacral spinal neurons in two decerebrate, immobilized cats while a robotic device held the hindlimb at 16 static endpoint positions spanning hip\u2013knee configurations. Using high\u2010density multielectrode recordings, we asked how spinal populations encode static limb state. At the single\u2010neuronal level, most neurons covaried with a single joint angle (hip or knee), a smaller subset showed combined modulation by both joints, and a small subset (which we tentatively term \u2018single\u2010endpoint\u2019 neurons) showed pronounced firing modulation at a single hip\u2013knee configuration near the boundary of the sampled workspace, with comparatively little modulation across adjacent postures. Population analyses revealed a low\u2010dimensional structure: the first two principal components tracked knee and hip angles, and the population activity contained sufficient information to reconstruct limb endpoint position in body\u2010centred coordinates. Together, these findings are consistent with a hierarchical organization whereby joint\u2010based representations within spinal\u2010interneuron populations could contribute to limb\u2010centred representations in ascending proprioceptive pathways. The boundary preference of these neurons is consistent with either a categorical, posture\u2010confined code or a continuous but strongly non\u2010linear tuning peaking near the sampled boundary; the present dataset cannot distinguish these alternatives. If categorical, such signals could in principle provide spinal \u2018landmarks\u2019 for switching control modes or recalibrating proprioceptive population codes.\n                      <jats:boxed-text content-type=\"graphic\" position=\"anchor\">\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mimetype=\"image\/png\" position=\"anchor\" specific-use=\"enlarged-web-image\" xlink:href=\"graphic\/tjp70836-gra-0001-m.png\">\n                          <jats:alt-text>image<\/jats:alt-text>\n                        <\/jats:graphic>\n                      <\/jats:boxed-text>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key points<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>We simultaneously recorded many lumbar spinal neurons in two decerebrate, immobilized cats while a robot held the hindlimb at 16 static positions to test how spinal populations encode posture.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Many neurons varied with a single joint angle (hip or knee), a smaller subset showed combined hip\u2013knee modulation and a small subset of neurons in each cat showed pronounced activity modulation at a single endpoint posture near the boundary of the sampled workspace.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Population analyses revealed a low\u2010dimensional structure: the first two principal components tracked knee and hip angles, while a third captured an activity pattern dominated by these boundary\u2010preferring neurons.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>The recorded population activity contained sufficient information to reconstruct hindlimb endpoint posture in body\u2010centred coordinates. 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