Biomechanics and Motor Control: Defining Central Concepts provides
a thorough update to the rapidly evolving fields of biomechanics of
human motion and motor control with research published in biology,
psychology, physics, medicine, physical therapy, robotics, and
engineering consistently breaking new ground. This book clarifies
the meaning of the most frequently used terms, and consists of four
parts, with part one covering biomechanical concepts, including
joint torques, stiffness and stiffness-like measures, viscosity,
damping and impedance, and mechanical work and energy. Other
sections deal with neurophysiological concepts used in motor
control, such as muscle tone, reflex, pre-programmed reactions,
efferent copy, and central pattern generator, and central motor
control concepts, including redundancy and abundance, synergy,
equilibrium-point hypothesis, and motor program, and posture and
prehension from the field of motor behavior. The book is organized
to cover smaller concepts within the context of larger concepts.
For example, internal models are covered in the chapter on motor
programs. Major concepts are not only defined, but given context as
to how research came to use the term in this manner.
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