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Motor behavior : connecting mind and body for optimal performance / Jeffrey C. Ives.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2014.Description: xi, 328 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781451175899 (hbk.)
  • 1451175892 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.7/6 23
LOC classification:
  • RC1235.I94 2014
NLM classification:
  • WE 104
Contents:
Introduction to motor behavior and the mind-body connection -- Neural mechanisms in planning and initiating movement -- Peripheral neuromuscular mechanisms in executing movement -- Peripheral sensory systems in monitoring movement -- Movement models -- Understanding motor skill and motor abilities -- Learning and the development of expertise -- Information processing and motor skill performance -- Practice and instruction -- Muscle tone and postural control -- Orthopedic injury, rehabilitation, and prehabilitation -- Strength, power, speed, and agility.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to motor behavior and the mind-body connection -- Neural mechanisms in planning and initiating movement -- Peripheral neuromuscular mechanisms in executing movement -- Peripheral sensory systems in monitoring movement -- Movement models -- Understanding motor skill and motor abilities -- Learning and the development of expertise -- Information processing and motor skill performance -- Practice and instruction -- Muscle tone and postural control -- Orthopedic injury, rehabilitation, and prehabilitation -- Strength, power, speed, and agility.

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