Progress in motor control : from neuroscience to patient outcomes / edited by Mindy F. Levin [and more].

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motor ability.

Neurophysiology.

Medical Subjects:

Neurophysiology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : ACADEMIC PRESS, 2023.

Summary:

Of further implications of RCT and recommendations for additional reading -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Synergic control of movement: From single muscles to the whole body -- The concept of synergy and its history -- The two aspects of synergies -- Neural control with spatial referent coordinates -- Synergies in spaces of control variables -- Synergies in spaces of motor units -- Synergies in whole-body actions -- Lessons from clinical and subclinical studies -- Synergies in kinesthetic perception -- Emerging issues and challenges -- References

Contents:

Intro

Progress in Motor Control: From Neuroscience to Patient Outcomes

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

References

Section A: Action perception coupling

Chapter 1: The equilibrium-point hypothesis: A major framework for the understanding of action and perception

Introduction

Parametric, referent control of motor actions

Explanations of simple motor actions in the context of the EP hypothesis

Limitations of computational motor control theories

Advancing the EP hypothesis into the referent control theory of action and perception

Visual constancy in the context of RCT

Referent control of motor actions by descending systems

The corticospinal system

The vestibulospinal system

The posture-movement problem and its solution

Hierarchy between reciprocal activation and coactivation of agonist and antagonist muscles

Physiological origin of parameters underlying muscle activation

Two-level neural structure underlies unperturbed human locomotion

Chapter 3: Can nonlinear analysis of movement patterns reveal the status of the musculoskeletal system?

Capturing adaptive changes in response to perturbations

The effects of sleep deprivation on the structure of the postural control

Method

Results

Discussion

Conclusion

The effects of muscle fatigue on the regularity of running

The effects of strenuous activities on the movements coordinative structure

Final considerations

References

Chapter 4: Toward a neural theory of goal-directed reaching movements

Functional principles for a neural theory of reaching movement

Skeleton of a neural theory of reaching movements

Scene perception and selective attention

Target selection and movement initiation

Movement timing and coordination

Degree of freedom problem

Control

Section B: Coordination

Chapter 5: The perception-action coupling in collective dynamics

Introduction: Perception and action

The perception-action coupling

Case I: Gait patterns

ISBN:

044323986X

9780443239861

OCLC:

1410388946

Access Restriction:

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