Progress in Motor Control

Mark L. Latash, PhD, is a professor of kinesiology at Penn State University. Since the 1970s, he has worked extensively in normal and disordered motor control. His work has included animal studies, human experiments, modeling, and clinical studies. The author of Control of Human Movement (Human Kinetics, 1993) and Neurophysiological Basis of Movement (Human Kinetics, 1998), Latash also translated Bernstein's classic, On Dexterity and Its Development (Erlbaum) in 1996. He serves as the editor of the academic journal Motor Control and was a coauthor of Classics in Movement Science (Human Kinetics, 2001). Latash earned a master's degree in physics of living systems from the Moscow Physico-Technical Institute in 1976 and a PhD in physiology from Rush University in 1989. He is a member of the Society for Neuroscience and the American Society of Biomechanics.

PrefaceChapter 1. Behavioral and Neural Aspects of Motor Topology: Following Bernstein's ThreadApostolos P. GeorgopoulosChapter 2. The Startle Reflex, Voluntary Movement, and the Reticulospinal TractJ.C. Rothwell and J. Valls-SoleChapter 3. Posturo-Kinetic Capacity and Postural Function in Voluntary MovementsSimon Bouisset and Serge Le BozecChapter 4. Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying Postural Control As Revealed in Simpler SystemsG.N. Orlovsky, T.G. Deliagina, and Y.I. ArshavskyChapter 5. Development of Balance Control in Typically Developing Children and Children With Cerebral Palsy: Contributions and Constraints of Musculoskeletal Versus Nervous SubsystemsMarjorie Hines WoollacottChapter 6. Impairment and Compensation of Reaching in Patients With Stroke and Cerebral PalsyMindy F. Levin, Carmen M. Cirstea, Philippe Archambault, Florina Son, and Agnes Roby-BramiChapter 7. Reorganization of Motor Patterns During Motor Learning: A Specific Role of the Motor CortexM. Ioffe, J. Massion, C. Schmitz, F. Viallet, and R. GantchevaChapter 8. Fractional Power Damping Model of Joint MotionJames C. Houk, Andrew H. Fagg, and Andrew G. BartoChapter 9. The Multidimensional and Temporal Regulation of Limb Mechanics by Spinal CircuitsT.R. Nichols, T.J. Burkholder, and R.J.H. WilminkChapter 10. Steadiness of Lengthening ContractionsEvangelos A. Christou, Brian L. Tracy, and Roger M. EnokaChapter 11. On the Problem of Adequate Language in BiologyIsrael M. Gelfand and Mark L. LatashChapter 12. Bernstein Versus Pavlovianism: An InterpretationOnno G. MeijerIndexContributorsAbout the Editor