Overview

Neuro-Behavioral Determinants of Interlimb Coordination: A multidisciplinary approach focuses on bimanual coordination against the broader context of the coordination between the upper and lower limbs. However, it is also broad in scope in that it reviews recent developments in the study of coordination by means of the latest technologies for the study of brain function, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, near-infrared spectroscopy, magneto-encephalography, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. In addition, new developments in recovery of interlimb coordination following spinal cord injury and other insults of the central nervous system, such as stroke, are reviewed. Neuro-Behavioral Determinants of Interlimb Coordination: A mutidisciplinary approach is intended to be a helpful source of information for scientists in basic research as well as practioners involved in clinical settings. Those who will benefit most are neuroscientists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, kinesiologists, motor and rehabilitation scientists, physical therapists etc. Special efforts have been made to make the contents accessible to graduate students by means of review chapters that contain explanatory boxes. We hope to convey our excitement and enthusiasm about the field of interlimb coordination and what it has to offer as a prototypical vehicle for a cognitive neuroscience approach to movement control.

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Author:   Stephan P. Swinnen ,  Jacques Duysens
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2004 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.784kg
ISBN:  

9781402077784

ISBN 10:   1402077785
Pages:   329
Publication Date:   29 February 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Sensory Influences on Interlimb Coordination During Gait.- Development of Interlimb Coordination in the Neonatal Rat.- Locomotor Recovery Potential after Spinal Cord Injury.- Spinal Networks Involved in Interlimb Co-ordination and Reflex Regulation of Locomotion.- Cortical Networks Associated with Locomotion in Man and Patients with Hemiparetic Stroke.- Electrophysiological Approaches to Bimanual Coordination in Primates.- The Modulation of Excitability in Corticospinal Pathways during Rythmic Movement.- Neural Networks Involved in Cyclical Interlimb Coordination as Revealed by Medical Imaging Techniques.- Behavioral Principles of Interlimb Coordination.- A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Bimanual Coordination and Interference.- Dynamical Models of Rhythmic Interlimb Coordination.

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From the reviews: <p> With this book the authors attempted to diminish the gap between different approaches towards the study of interlimb coordination. a ] In this respect, the authors succeeded in their intention to let the book be a helpful source of information for scientist in basic research as well as practitioners involved in clinical settings. (G. Koopmans, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, Vol. 30, 2005)

From the reviews: With this book the authors attempted to diminish the gap between different approaches towards the study of interlimb coordination. ... In this respect, the authors succeeded in their intention to let the book be a helpful source of information for scientist in basic research as well as practitioners involved in clinical settings. (G. Koopmans, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, Vol. 30, 2005)

From the reviews: With this book the authors attempted to diminish the gap between different approaches towards the study of interlimb coordination. ! In this respect, the authors succeeded in their intention to let the book be a helpful source of information for scientist in basic research as well as practitioners involved in clinical settings. (G. Koopmans, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, Vol. 30, 2005)

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