Movement system variability / Keith Davids, Simon Bennett, Karl Newell, editors. - xii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-350) and index.

Variability in motor output as noise: a default and erroneous proposition? / Karl M. Newell ... [et al.] -- Variability in postural coordination dynamics / Olivier Oullier ... [et al.] -- The interface of biomechanics and motor control: dynamic systems theory and the functional role of movement variability / Paul S. Glazier ... [et al.] -- Serving up variability and stability / Craig Handford -- Variability in motor output and Olympic performers / Les G. Carlton, John W. Chow, and Jaeho Shim -- Genetic and environmental constraints on variability in sport performance / Joseph Baker, Keith Davids -- Coordination profiling of movement systems / Chris Button, Keith Davids, Wolfgang Schöllhorn -- Clinical relevance of variability in coordination / Joseph Hamill ... [et al.] -- Measuring coordination and variability in coordination / Jonathan S. Wheat, Paul S. Glazier -- Functional variability in perceptual motor development / Geert J.P. Savelsbergh, John van der Kamp, Karl S. Rosengren -- Aging and variability in motor output / Evangelos A. Christou and Brian L. Tracy -- Mechanical properties of muscles reduce performance variability / Alberto E. Minetti -- Cellular and molecular basis of heterogeneity in contractile performance of human muscles / Carlo Reggiani and Susan Bortolotto -- Self-organizing brain dynamics and movement goals / Walter J. Freeman -- Variability of brain activity during rhythmic unimanual finger movements / T.D. Frank ... [et al.].

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Human locomotion
Musculoskeletal system--Variation
Efferent pathways--Variation
Motor ability--Physiology
Biomechanics
Movement--physiology
Nonlinear Dynamics

QP301 / .M698 2006

612.76