Adaptation of Human Postural Control: Learning, sensorimotor and analysis aspects - Couverture souple

Fransson, Per-Anders

 
9783639148770: Adaptation of Human Postural Control: Learning, sensorimotor and analysis aspects
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ISBN 10 : 3639148770 ISBN 13 : 9783639148770
Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Human movement control is complex and involves over 600 muscles controlled by an advanced regulatory system guided by three interacting sensory systems. Still, we can with ease make accurate and smooth movements, even under continuously changing conditions. This book illustrates some of the properties of learning in human postural control when the sensory and motor systems are affected by factors such as poor sensation on the soles of the feet, body overweight or fatigued calf muscles while standing. The studies show that human postural control has extensive abilities to adjust its properties when the sensory or motor system constraints change and that these adaptive changes can be mathematically described. The findings suggest that several partly independent learning processes, acting at different time scales, are involved in the formation of an improved performance designated to handle the situations encountered. The studies shed new light on how humans learn to handle novel physical challenges, which should be of interest for professionals working with physical training or diagnosing and rehabilitating patients suffering from balance disorders.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Human movement control is complex and involves over 600 muscles controlled by an advanced regulatory system guided by three interacting sensory systems. Still, we can with ease make accurate and smooth movements, even under continuously changing conditions. This book illustrates some of the properties of learning in human postural control when the sensory and motor systems are affected by factors such as poor sensation on the soles of the feet, body overweight or fatigued calf muscles while standing. The studies show that human postural control has extensive abilities to adjust its properties when the sensory or motor system constraints change and that these adaptive changes can be mathematically described. The findings suggest that several partly independent learning processes, acting at different time scales, are involved in the formation of an improved performance designated to handle the situations encountered. The studies shed new light on how humans learn to handle novel physical challenges, which should be of interest for professionals working with physical training or diagnosing and rehabilitating patients suffering from balance disorders.

Biographie de l'auteur

Per-Anders Fransson, PhD. Received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree in 2005 from Lund University, Sweden. His research has been focused on studies of the adaptive, biomechanical and kinematic properties of human postural control. He has published over 60 articles in medical and science journals.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639148770
ISBN 13 
9783639148770
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
112
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