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Progress in Motor Control

Theories and Translations

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Jozsef Laczko

    1. Department of Information Technology and Biorobotics, Faculty of Science, University of Pécs, Pecs, Hungary

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  2. Mark L. Latash

    1. Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

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  • Includes perspectives from multiple disciplines
  • Explores specific translations of theoretical advances
  • Includes a sections on the equilibrium-point hypothesis
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 957)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Theoretical Motor Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Modularity for Motor Control and Motor Learning

      • Andrea d’Avella
      Pages 3-19

    3. Synergies in Grasping

      • Jeroen B. J. Smeets, Eli Brenner
      Pages 21-34

    4. Encoding Temporal Features of Skilled Movements—What, Whether and How?

      • Katja Kornysheva
      Pages 35-54Open Access

    5. Predictability and Robustness in the Manipulation of Dynamically Complex Objects

      • Dagmar Sternad, Christopher J. Hasson
      Pages 55-77

  3. Fifty Years of the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Fifty Years of Physics of Living Systems

      • Mark L. Latash
      Pages 81-103

    3. The Relationship Between Postural and Movement Stability

      • Anatol G. Feldman
      Pages 105-120

    4. Principles of Motor Recovery After Neurological Injury Based on a Motor Control Theory

      • Mindy F. Levin
      Pages 121-140

  4. Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Motor Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. What Do TMS-Evoked Motor Potentials Tell Us About Motor Learning?

      • Richard G. Carson, Kathy L. Ruddy, Emmet McNickle
      Pages 143-157

    3. Motor Control of Human Spinal Cord Disconnected from the Brain and Under External Movement

      • Winfried Mayr, Matthias Krenn, Milan R. Dimitrijevic
      Pages 159-171

    4. Anticipation in Object Manipulation: Behavioral and Neural Correlates

      • Thomas Schneider, Joachim Hermsdörfer
      Pages 173-194

  6. Impaired Motor Control and Rehabilitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
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    2. Motor Lateralization Provides a Foundation for Predicting and Treating Non-paretic Arm Motor Deficits in Stroke

      • Robert L. Sainburg, Candice Maenza, Carolee Winstein, David Good
      Pages 257-272
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About this book

This single volume brings together both theoretical developments in the field of motor control and their translation into such fields as movement disorders, motor rehabilitation, robotics, prosthetics, brain-machine interface, and skill learning. Motor control has established itself as an area of scientific research characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach. Its goal is to promote cooperation and mutual understanding among researchers addressing different aspects of the complex phenomenon of motor coordination. Topics covered include recent theoretical advances from various fields, the neurophysiology of complex natural movements, the equilibrium-point hypothesis, motor learning of skilled behaviors, the effects of age, brain injury, or systemic disorders such as Parkinson's Disease, and brain-computer interfaces.

The chapter ‘Encoding Temporal Features of Skilled Movements—What, Whether and How?’ is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Information Technology and Biorobotics, Faculty of Science, University of Pécs, Pecs, Hungary

    Jozsef Laczko

  • Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

    Mark L. Latash

About the editors

Jozsef Laczko is head of Department of Information Technology and Biorobotics at University of Pecs in Hungary. He also holds positions in the Wigner Research Centre for Physics in Budapest and an adjunct assignment at the Northwestern University in Chicago. Dr. Laczko earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary. He is experienced in computational approaches for motor control. He has published over 40 papers in refereed journals and proceedings, four book chapters and has presented over 50 professional talks. He was the chair of the “Progress in Motor Control X” conference of the Society for Motor Control. His chief research interest is on the area of biomechanics, and in the last decade, he became engaged in the control of Functional Electrical Stimulation driven limb movements for spinal cord injured individuals.

Mark L. Latash is a Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Motor Control Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University. He studied Physics, Physics of Living Systems, and Physiology in Moscow and Chicago. His research is focused on the control and coordination of human voluntary movements and movement disorders. He is the author of numerous books including, Control of Human Movement, The Neurophysiological Basis of Movement, Synergy, Fundamentals of Motor Control, and Biomechanics and Motor Control: Defining Central Concepts (with Vladimir Zatsiorsky). In addition, he edited nine books and published over 350 papers in refereed journals. Dr. Latash was the Founding Editor of the journal “Motor Control” and as President of the International Society of Motor Control. He continues to serve as Director of the annual Motor Control Summer School series. He is a recipient of the Bernstein Prize in motor control.

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