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Progress in motor control : from neuroscience to patient outcomes /

"Movement patterns result from nonlinear interactions among several components (e.g., nervous, cardiovascular, endocrinal, and musculoskeletal) of an action-perception system, which interacts with the environment. To produce functional movement patterns, action-perception systems organize thems...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Levin, Mindy F. (Editor), Petrarca, Maurizio (Editor), Piscitelli, Daniele (Editor), Summa, Susanna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2024]
Subjects:
Motor ability.
Neurophysiology.
Neurophysiology
Activité motrice.
Neurophysiologie.
Motor ability
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Progress in Motor Control: From Neuroscience to Patient Outcomes
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 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?
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Method
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • The effects of strenuous activities on the movements coordinative structure
  • Method
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Final considerations
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Toward a neural theory of goal-directed reaching movements
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Section B: Coordination
  • Chapter 5: The perception-action coupling in collective dynamics
  • Introduction: Perception and action
  • The perception-action coupling
  • Case I: Gait patterns.
  • 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.