Adaptability of Human Gait (eBook)
453 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-086732-8 (ISBN)
A common unifying theme of this volume is studying the adaptability of human gait to obtain insights into the control of locomotion. The intentional focus on adaptability is meant to draw attention to the importance of understanding the generation and regulation of skilled locomotor behaviour rather than just the generation of basic locomotor patterns which has been the major focus of animal studies. The synthesis chapter at the end of the volume examines how the questions posed, the technology, and the experimental and theoretical paradigms have evolved over the years, and what the future has in store for this important research domain.
A large number of volumes have been produced summarizing the work on generation and control of rhythmic movements, in particular locomotion. Unfortunately most of them focus on locomotor studies done on animals. This edited volume redresses that imbalance by focusing completely on human locomotor behaviour. The very nature of the problem has both necessitated and attracted researchers from a wide variety of disciplines ranging from psychology, neurophysiology, kinesiology, engineering, medicine to computer science. The different and unique perspectives they bring to this problem provide a comprehensive picture of the current state of knowledge on the generation and regulation of human locomotor behaviour.A common unifying theme of this volume is studying the adaptability of human gait to obtain insights into the control of locomotion. The intentional focus on "e;adaptability"e; is meant to draw attention to the importance of understanding the generation and regulation of "e;skilled locomotor behaviour"e; rather than just the generation of basic locomotor patterns which has been the major focus of animal studies. The synthesis chapter at the end of the volume examines how the questions posed, the technology, and the experimental and theoretical paradigms have evolved over the years, and what the future has in store for this important research domain.
Front Cover 1
Adaptability of Human Gait: Implications for the Control of Locomotion 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 6
Contributors 12
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 16
Chapter 1. Understanding the Control of Human Locomotion: APrologue 18
SECTION 2: THE ROLE OF PROPRIOCEPTIVE AND VESTIBULAR INPUTS: LOCAL ADAPTABILITY 34
Chapter 2. Reflex Modulation During Locomotion: Functional Significance 36
Chapter 3. Significance of Proprioceptive and Vestibulo-Spinal Reflexes in the Control of Stance and Gait 52
SECTION 3: THE ROLE OF VISION: PROSPECTIVE MODULATION OF GAIT 68
Chapter 4. Visual Control of Human Locomotion 70
Chapter 5. Visual Cues and Processes Involved in Goal-Directed Locomotion 114
SECTION 4: OTHER APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF HUMAN GAIT 140
Chapter 6. Adaptability of the CNS in Human Walking 142
Chapter 7. Stability and Variation in the Development of Infant Stepping: Implications for Control 160
SECTION 5: THE BIOMECHANICS OF NORMAL GAIT IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROL 180
Chapter 8. The Mechanics of Human Walking 182
Chapter 9. Intersegmental Dynamics During Gait: Implications for Control 202
SECTION 6: THE MODELLING OF CONTROL OF HUMAN LOCOMOTION 218
Chapter 10. Dynamic Musculoskeletal Models of Human Locomotion: Perspectives on Model Formulation and Control 220
Chapter 11. Execution of Voluntary Bipedal Movement with a Simple Afferent Processor 256
SECTION 7: DEVELOPMENT OF LEGGED ROBOTS AND ANIMATION OF HUMAN GAIT 290
Chapter 12. Development of Biped Robot 292
Chapter 13. Animation of Human Gait 320
SECTION 8: THE REHABILITATION OF LOCOMOTOR ABILITIES 346
Chapter 14. The Control of Locomotion when Vision is Reduced or Missing 348
Chapter 15. Surgical Intervention in the Correction of Primary and Secondary Gait Abnormalities 374
Chapter 16. New Rehabilitation Strategies for the Treatment of Spastic Gait Disorders 402
Chapter 17. Strategies for FES: Implications for Control 428
SECTION 9: CONCLUSION 454
Chapter 18. Understanding the Control of Human Locomotion: A 'Janus' Perspective 456
Index 468
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.3.1991 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie | |
Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-08-086732-4 / 0080867324 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-08-086732-8 / 9780080867328 |
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