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Synergy begins with a brief history of movement studies and reviews the current central controversies in the area of control of movements with an emphasis on the equilibrium-point hypothesis. An operational definition of synergy is introduced and a method of analysis of synergies is described based...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Latash, Mark L., 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Human mechanics.
Biomechanics.
Movement > physiology
Biomechanical Phenomena
Motor Activity > physiology
Neurophysiology > methods
Mécanique humaine.
Biomécanique.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Biomechanics
Human mechanics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Building a definition for synergy
  • A brief history of movement studies
  • Motor control and coordination
  • Motor variability : a window into synergies
  • Zoo of motor synergies
  • Atypical, suboptimal, and changing synergies
  • Neurophysiological mechanisms
  • Models and beyond motor synergies.