Insights into the Reach to Grasp Movement

Download or read book Insights into the Reach to Grasp Movement written by K.M.B. Bennett and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1994-02-03 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a variety of studies relating to the reach to grasp movement and provides a necessary and valuable contribution to the field of motor control. The professions covered in this book range from those interested in the basic sciences to those more interested in practical application. Neurophysiologists and biomechanists join with therapists and neural modelers to present an extensive overview of current developments. Evolutionary and developmental aspects are included together with descriptions of how this movement is affected by central nervous system damage. Purely theoretical aspects of the motor control of this movement are interspersed with treatment applications and robotics.