Progress in Motor Control, Volume 3

Effects of Age, Disorder, and Rehabilitation

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Developer / Lead Author Latash, Mark L.
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Progress in Motor Control, Volume Three, explores recent progress in theoretical and experimental motor control studies, presenting cutting-edge research and experimental findings in motor control literature. In this reference, you’ll find the viewpoints of many of the world’s experts in motor control, and you’ll see how to apply their latest insights to clinical problems.

Comprehensive and up to date, Progress in Motor Control, Volume Three, continues the tradition of the great Nikolai Bernstein, one of the founders in the field now defined as motor control. This book bridges the gap between theory and practice for professionals working in the area of impaired motor coordination.

Progress in Motor Control, Volume Three, appeals to a broader audience than previous volumes did, crossing into applied areas such as aging, development, and rehabilitation. This new volume highlights changes in motor control with age and neurological disorder, including effects on posture, balance control, motor learning, and rehabilitation after a stroke. It’s a valuable resource for a wide range of professionals working in basic and applied areas of motor control.

In this volume, 28 internationally known researchers in the field of motor control present state-of-the-art accounts to help clinicians understand current trends in basic motor control studies. The book includes 12 comprehensive and detailed chapters featuring more than 180 figures and photos that highlight the contributors’ methods of research and conclusions from their studies. It is organized into the following four parts:
• Sensorimotor integration
• New approaches to motor variability
• Changes in motor control with age or neurological disorder
• Motor rehabilitation after stroke or spinal cord injury

With the addition of clinical applications, Progress in Motor Control, Volume Three, will become an essential resource to professionals in physical therapy, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and other medical fields. Just as important, it will help to educate future professionals in both basic and applied motor control.

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Preface
Credits

Part I Sensorimotor Integration

Chapter 1 Action-Producing Frames of Reference for Motor Control
Francis G. Lestienne, Francine Thullier, and Anatol G. Feldman

Chapter 2 Computational Models and Geometric Approaches in Arm Trajectory Control Studies
Tamar Flash, Magnus E. Richardson, Amir A. Handzel, and Dario G. Liebermann

Chapter 3 Development of Turning and Reaching
Patricia Bate and Esther Thelen

Part II New Approaches to Motor Variability

Chapter 4 Dynamical Systems Approaches to Understanding the Generation of Movement by the Nervous System
Gregor Schöner

Chapter 5 Coordination of Multielement Motor Systems Based on Motor Abundance
Mark L. Latash, Frederic Danion, John F. Scholz, and Gregor Schöner

Chapter 6 On the Role of Primary Motor Cortex in Arm Movement Control
Emanuel Todorov

Part III Changes in Motor Control With Age or Neurological Disorder

Chapter 7 Postural Responses Triggered by Surface Perturbations Are Task Specific and Goal Directed
Joyce Fung, Rumpa Boonsinsukh, and Margherita Rapagna

Chapter 8 Balance Control and Protective Arm and Trunk Movements in the Elderly: Implications for Fall Prevention
John H.J. Allum, Mark G. Carpenter, and Bastiaan Bloem

Chapter 9 Signs of Long-Term Adaptation to Permanent Brain Damage As Revealed by Prehension Studies of Children With Spastic Hemiparesis
Bert Steenbergen and Ruud G.J. Meulenbroek

Part IV Motor Rehabilitation After Stroke or Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 10 Optimizing Locomotor Function With Body Weight Support Training and Functional Electrical Stimulation
Hughes Barbeau, Anouk Lamontagne, Michel Ladouceur, Isabelle Mercier, and Joyce Fung

Chapter 11 Spinal Locomotor Capability Revealed by Electrical Stimulation of the Lumbar Enlargement in Paraplegic Patients
Elena Yu. Shapkova

Chapter 12 Motor Control and Learning After Stroke: A Review
Mindy F. Levin

Index
Contributors
About the Editors

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Mark L. Latash, PhD, is a professor of kinesiology at Pennsylvania State University. Since the 1970s, he has worked extensively in normal and disordered motor control. His work has included animal studies, human experiments, modeling, and clinical studies.

The author of Control of Human Movement (Human Kinetics 1993) and Neurophysiological Basis of Movement (Human Kinetics 1998), Latash also translated Bernstein’s classic, On Dexterity and Its Development (Erlbaum), in 1996. In addition to serving as editor for both previous volumes of Progress in Motor Control, Latash serves as the editor of the academic journal Motor Control and was coeditor of Classics in Movement Science (Human Kinetics 2001). He also started a series of conferences titled Progress in Motor Control.

Latash earned a master’s degree in physics of living systems from the Moscow Physico-Technical Institute in 1976 and a PhD in physiology from Rush University in 1989. He is president of the International Society of Motor Control and a member of the Society for Neuroscience and the American Society of Biomechanics. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education and earned the Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award from Pennsylvania State University in 2001.

Mindy Levin, PhD, PT, teaches physiotherapy at the School of Rehabilitation at the University of Montreal and is director of a research laboratory investigating motor learning and recovery of arm function in adults and children with neurological disorders. For 10 years she has been a practicing physiotherapist, specializing in neurological rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s disease, neuromuscular disorders, and stroke.

Levin earned a master’s degree in clinical sciences from the University of Montreal and a PhD in physiology from McGill University. She is a member of the Order of Physiotherapists of Quebec, the Consortium of Rehabilitation Researchers of Canada, the Canadian Stroke Network, and the Society for Neuroscience and is an executive officer of the International Society of Motor Control. She was recognized by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada in 2002 for excellence in research in preventive cardiology.


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