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.