Biomechanics and Motor Control: Defining Central Concepts

Author:   Mark L. Latash, PhD (Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA) ,  Vladimir Zatsiorsky (Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)
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Pages:   426
Publication Date:   22 October 2015
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Author:   Mark L. Latash, PhD (Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA) ,  Vladimir Zatsiorsky (Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9780128003848


ISBN 10:   0128003847
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   22 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Preface Part One: Biomechanical Concepts Chapter 1. Joint Torque Chapter 2. Stiffness and Stiffness-Like Measures Chapter 3. Velocity-Dependent Resistance Chapter 4. Mechanical Work and Energy Part Two: Neurophysiological Concepts Chapter 5. Muscle tone Chapter 6. Reflexes Chapter 7. Preprogrammed Reactions Chapter 8. Efferent Copy Chapter 9. Central Pattern Generator Part Three: Motor Control Concepts Chapter 10. Redundancy and Abundance Chapter 11. Motor Synergy Chapter 12. Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis Chapter 13. Motor Program Part Four: Examples of Motor Behaviors Chapter 14. Posture Chapter 15. Grasping Glossary

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Mark Latash is a Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Motor Control Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University. He received equivalents of B.S. in Physics and M.S. in Physics of Living Systems from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and a Ph.D. in Physiology from Rush University in Chicago. His research interests are focused on the control and coordination of human voluntary movements, movement disorders in neurological disorders, and effects of rehabilitation. He is the author of “Control of Human Movement” (1993) “The Neurophysiological Basis of Movement” (1998, 2008), “Synergy” (2008), and “Fundamentals of Motor Control” (2012). In addition, he edited eight books and published about 350 papers in refereed journals. Mark Latash served as the Founding Editor of the journal “Motor Control” (1996-2007) and as President of the International Society of Motor Control (2001-2005). He has served as Director of the annual Motor Control Summer School series since 2004. He is a recipient of the Bernstein Prize in motor control. Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky (b. 1932, Leningrad, USSR) is a professor at the Department of Kinesiology at Penn State University. He has authored and co-authored more than 400 scientific papers and 15 books that are published in English, Russian, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian. Among his books are Kinematics of Human Motion (1998), Kinetics of Human Motion (2002) and Biomechanics of Skeletal Muscles (2012, co-authored with B.I. Prilutsky).

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