Classics in movement science /
Classics in movement science /
Mark L. Latash, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, editors.
- xii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Credits -- Making Things Happen: An Introduction to the History of Movement Science -- How Bernstein Conquered Movement -- Human Gait and Joint Mechanics: Is the Pendulum Swinging Back to Passive Dynamics? -- Involuntary Muscle Contractions Detected by Electromyography (EMG) -- Mechanical Work in Human Movement: Comments on Papers by Fenn and Elftman -- Contributions of Ragnar Granit to the Understanding of Spinal Mechanisms of Motor Coordination -- Helmholtz: Founder of the Action-Perception Theory -- A. V. Hill and First Estimates of Maximum Muscle Performance in Humans -- First Studies of the Organization of the Human Motor Cortex -- The Action of Two-Joint Muscles: The Legacy of W. P. Lombard -- Sir Charles S. Sherrington: Humanist, Mentor, and Movement Neuroscientist -- Kurt Wachholder: Pioneering Electrophysiological Studies of Voluntary Movements -- Woodworth (1899): Movement Variability and Theories of Motor Control -- Index -- Contributors -- About the Editors. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13.
0736000283 9780736000284
00053857
Human mechanics
Human locomotion
QP301. / L358 2001
612.76
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Credits -- Making Things Happen: An Introduction to the History of Movement Science -- How Bernstein Conquered Movement -- Human Gait and Joint Mechanics: Is the Pendulum Swinging Back to Passive Dynamics? -- Involuntary Muscle Contractions Detected by Electromyography (EMG) -- Mechanical Work in Human Movement: Comments on Papers by Fenn and Elftman -- Contributions of Ragnar Granit to the Understanding of Spinal Mechanisms of Motor Coordination -- Helmholtz: Founder of the Action-Perception Theory -- A. V. Hill and First Estimates of Maximum Muscle Performance in Humans -- First Studies of the Organization of the Human Motor Cortex -- The Action of Two-Joint Muscles: The Legacy of W. P. Lombard -- Sir Charles S. Sherrington: Humanist, Mentor, and Movement Neuroscientist -- Kurt Wachholder: Pioneering Electrophysiological Studies of Voluntary Movements -- Woodworth (1899): Movement Variability and Theories of Motor Control -- Index -- Contributors -- About the Editors. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13.
0736000283 9780736000284
00053857
Human mechanics
Human locomotion
QP301. / L358 2001
612.76