Overview
- 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)
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Fifty Years of the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis
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Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Motor Control
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Learning of Skilled Behavior
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Impaired Motor Control and Rehabilitation
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Progress in Motor Control
Book Subtitle: Theories and Translations
Editors: Jozsef Laczko, Mark L. Latash
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47313-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47312-3Published: 09 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83707-9Published: 29 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47313-0Published: 30 December 2016
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 388
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Sport Science , Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology