Progress in Motor Control: Effects of Age, Disorder, and Rehabilitation: Vol 3 - Hardcover

Latash PhD, Mark L.; Levin, Mindy F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0736044000 ISBN 13: 9780736044004

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

The main purpose of this third volume is to explore what the progress in theoretical and experimental studies of motor control can offer practitioners who work with patients with motor disorders. The text also develops new approaches to motor rehabilitation.

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About the Author

Mark L. Latash, PhD, is a professor of kinesiology at Pennsylvania 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. In addition to serving as editor for both previous volumes of Progress in Motor Control, Latash serves as the editor of the academic journal Motor Control and was coeditor of Classics in Movement Science (Human Kinetics 2001). He also started a series of conferences titled Progress in Motor Control.

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 president of the International Society of Motor Control and a member of the Society for Neuroscience and the American Society of Biomechanics. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education and earned the Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award from Pennsylvania State University in 2001.

Mindy Levin, PhD, PT, teaches physiotherapy at the School of Rehabilitation at the University of Montreal and is director of a research laboratory investigating motor learning and recovery of arm function in adults and children with neurological disorders. For 10 years she has been a practicing physiotherapist, specializing in neurological rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injuries, Parkinson's disease, neuromuscular disorders, and stroke.

Levin earned a master's degree in clinical sciences from the University of Montreal and a PhD in physiology from McGill University. She is a member of the Order of Physiotherapists of Quebec, the Consortium of Rehabilitation Researchers of Canada, the Canadian Stroke Network, and the Society for Neuroscience and is an executive officer of the International Society of Motor Control. She was recognized by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada in 2002 for excellence in research in preventive cardiology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736044000
• ISBN 13: 9780736044004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336