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Classics in movement science

Title
Classics in movement science / Mark L. Latash, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, editors.
Author
Latash, Mark L., 1953-
Publication
Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2001], ©2001.

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Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M., 1932-
Description
xii, 451 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Human mechanics
  • Human locomotion
  • Movement > physiology
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
Genre/Form
Collected Work.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Ch. 1. Making Things Happen: An Introduction to the History of Movement Science / Onno G. Meijer -- Ch. 2. How Bernstein Conquered Movement / R. Bongaardt -- Ch. 3. Human Gait and Joint Mechanics: Is the Pendulum Swinging Back to Passive Dynamics? / Brian L. Davis, Maunak V. Rana and Ari Levine -- Ch. 4. Involuntary Muscle Contractions Detected by Electromyography (EMG) / Joel A. Vilensky and Sid Gilman -- Ch. 5. Mechanical Work in Human Movement: Comments on Papers by Fenn and Elftman / Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky -- Ch. 6. Contributions of Ragnar Granit to the Understanding of Spinal Mechanisms of Motor Coordination / T. Richard Nichols -- Ch. 7. Helmholtz: Founder of the Action-Perception Theory / Stan Gielen -- Ch. 8. A. V. Hill and First Estimates of Maximum Muscle Performance in Humans / B. I. Prilutsky -- Ch. 9. First Studies of the Organization of the Human Motor Cortex / John C. Rothwell --
  • Ch. 10. The Action of Two-Joint Muscles: The Legacy of W. P. Lombard / Arthur D. Kuo -- Ch. 11. Sir Charles S. Sherrington: Humanist, Mentor, and Movement Neuroscientist / Douglas G. Stuart, Patricia A. Pierce and Robert J. Callister / [et al.] -- Ch. 12. Kurt Wachholder: Pioneering Electrophysiological Studies of Voluntary Movements / Dagmar Sternad -- Ch. 13. Woodworth (1899): Movement Variability and Theories of Motor Control / Karl M. Newell and David E. Vaillancourt.
ISBN
0736000283
LCCN
00053857
OCLC
  • ocm45207831
  • SCSB-4217432
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries