Biomechanics and motor control : defining central concepts

✍ Scribed by Latash, Mark L.; Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M

• Publisher: Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 401
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Biomechanics and Motor Control: Defining Central Concepts provides a thorough update to the rapidly evolving fields of biomechanics of human motion and motor control with research published in biology, psychology, physics, medicine, physical therapy, robotics, and engineering consistently breaking new ground.

This book clarifies the meaning of the most frequently used terms, and consists of four parts, with part one covering biomechanical concepts, including joint torques, stiffness and stiffness-like measures, viscosity, damping and impedance, and mechanical work and energy. Other sections deal with neurophysiological concepts used in motor control, such as muscle tone, reflex, pre-programmed reactions, efferent copy, and central pattern generator, and central motor control concepts, including redundancy and abundance, synergy, equilibrium-point hypothesis, and motor program, and posture and prehension from the field of motor behavior.

The book is organized to cover smaller concepts within the context of larger concepts. For example, internal models are covered in the chapter on motor programs. Major concepts are not only defined, but given context as to how research came to use the term in this manner.

• Presents a unified approach to an interdisciplinary, fragmented area
• Defines key terms for understanding
• Identifies key theories, concepts, and applications across theoretical perspectives
• Provides historical context for definitions and theory evolution

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter,Copyright,Dedication,Preface,AcknowledgmentsEntitled to full textPart One: Biomechanical Concepts1 - Joint Torque, Pages 3-24
2 - Stiffness and Stiffness-like Measures, Pages 25-47
3 - Velocity-Dependent Resistance, Pages 49-62
4 - Mechanical Work and Energy, Pages 63-82
5 - Muscle Tone, Pages 85-98
6 - Reflexes, Pages 99-120
7 - Preprogrammed Reactions, Pages 121-137
8 - Efferent Copy, Pages 139-156
9 - Central Pattern Generator, Pages 157-174
10 - Redundancy and Abundance, Pages 177-204
11 - Motor Synergy, Pages 205-245
12 - Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis, Pages 247-273
13 - Motor Program, Pages 275-301
14 - Posture, Pages 305-333
15 - Grasping, Pages 335-363
Glossary, Pages 365-399
Index, Pages 401-409