Progress in Motor Control: Theories and Translations

✍ Scribed by Jozsef Laczko, Mark L. Latash (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 388
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 957
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Modularity for Motor Control and Motor Learning....Pages 3-19
Synergies in Grasping....Pages 21-34
Encoding Temporal Features of Skilled Movements—What, Whether and How?....Pages 35-54
Predictability and Robustness in the Manipulation of Dynamically Complex Objects....Pages 55-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Fifty Years of Physics of Living Systems....Pages 81-103
The Relationship Between Postural and Movement Stability....Pages 105-120
Principles of Motor Recovery After Neurological Injury Based on a Motor Control Theory....Pages 121-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
What Do TMS-Evoked Motor Potentials Tell Us About Motor Learning?....Pages 143-157
Motor Control of Human Spinal Cord Disconnected from the Brain and Under External Movement....Pages 159-171
Anticipation in Object Manipulation: Behavioral and Neural Correlates....Pages 173-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Brain Plasticity and the Concept of Metaplasticity in Skilled Musicians....Pages 197-208
The Coordination Dynamics of Observational Learning: Relative Motion Direction and Relative Phase as Informational Content Linking Action-Perception to Action-Production....Pages 209-228
Rethinking the Study of Volition for Clinical Use....Pages 229-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Motor Lateralization Provides a Foundation for Predicting and Treating Non-paretic Arm Motor Deficits in Stroke....Pages 257-272
Control of Cycling Limb Movements: Aspects for Rehabilitation....Pages 273-289
Impaired Voluntary Movement Control and Its Rehabilitation in Cerebral Palsy....Pages 291-311
Can Motor Recovery in Stroke Be Improved by Non-invasive Brain Stimulation?....Pages 313-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
Organizing and Reorganizing Coordination Patterns....Pages 327-349
A Computational Index to Describe Slacking During Robot Therapy....Pages 351-365
Toward a Proprioceptive Neural Interface that Mimics Natural Cortical Activity....Pages 367-388

✦ Subjects

Neurosciences;Sport Science;Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology