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Movement System Variability - 0736044825

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Edition: 1
Pages: 376 (Hardback)
Year Published: 10/07/2005
Author: Davids, Bennett, Newell
Size: 6 x 9
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Movement System Variability

Movement System Variability Movement System Variability

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In the groundbreaking text, Movement System Variability, internationally known scientists synthesize the latest research in the study of variability in the human movement system and provide an in-depth, multi-disciplinary analysis for researchers in human movement sciences and related fields.

Movement System Variability’s unique dynamic systems perspective in most chapters adds a new theoretical interpretation to the role of variability in movement behavior. A rich array of scientific disciplines is represented in the text to offer insights into the nature and role of variability observed at different levels of analysis.

Movement System Variability is organized into five parts:

Behavioral Analysis of Variability in the Movement System
Variability, Performance and Excellence
Issues in Measurement
Variability Across the Lifespan
Variability Within Subsystems

This essential reference book provides fresh insights into the nature and function of variability. Just as important, it demonstrates how an understanding of variability can enhance the practice of educators, teachers, coaches, physiotherapists, and developmental specialists. This book is an ideal reference for researchers or students interested in the human movement sciences.

About the Author

Keith Davids, PhD, is dean of the School of Physical Education at the University of Otago in New Zealand. He has taught and conducted research in the field of motor learning and control for 25 years. In addition, he has produced three books in this area and authored numerous chapters and articles for journals.

Davids has worked in higher education in both Europe and New Zealand. He is currently a co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Psychology and received a PhD in motor control from Leeds University, UK, in 1986.

Simon Bennett, PhD, has taught and conducted research in the field of motor control for over 10 years. He is a senior lecturer in Motor Control at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, where he also serves as research team leader and laboratory director. Bennett received his PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University.

A few of Bennett’s research interests include specificity of learning, coordination dynamics, information sources for interceptive actions, intermittent vision, ventral and dorsal processing, and observational learning. He has co-authored several chapters and articles for journals in this field.

Karl Newell, PhD, is associate dean for research and graduate education in the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State University. He has conducted a long-standing research program on the role of movement variability in motor control and has helped create a new way to think about movement variability.

Newell is former editor of the Journal of Motor Behavior and served as president of the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.

Part I: Behavioral Analysis of Variability in the Movement System

Chapter 1. Variability in Motor Output As Noise: A Default and Erroneous Proposition?
Karl M. Newell, PhD, Katherine M. Deutsch, PhD, Jacob J. Sosnoff, PhD, and Gottfried Mayer-Kress, PhD

Noise and Movement Variability in Information Theory
Noise in Physiological Models of Motor Control
Categories of Noise
Variability and Noise in Motor Output
Multiple Time Scales of Variability
Concluding Comments

Chapter 2. Variability in Postural Coordination Dynamics
Olivier Oullier, PhD, Ludovic Marin, PhD, Reinoud J. Bootsma, PhD, Thomas A. Stoffregen, PhD, and Benoît G. Bardy, PhD

Ambiguity of the Neurophysiological Approach to Postural Coordination
Kinematic Analysis of Dynamic Patterns in Postural Coordination
Postural Coordination Emerges from the Interplay of Different Constraints
Intention (to Sway) Modulates the Stability of Postural Coordination
Dynamics of Postural Transitions
Nature of the Transitions Between Postural Coordination Patterns
Variability in Self-Organization of Postural Coordination
Unique Aspects of Postural Coordination
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Footnotes

Chapter 3. The Interface of Biomechanics and Motor Control: Dynamic Systems Theory and the Functional Role of Movement Variability
Paul S. Glazier, Jonathan S. Wheat, PhD, David L. Pease, and Roger M. Bartlett, PhD

Movement Variability: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches
Biomechanics and Motor Control
Sports Biomechanics: A Critical Overview
Dynamic Systems Theory Applied to Sport Biomechanics
Concluding Remarks

Part II: Variability, Performance and Excellence

Chapter 4. Serving Up Variability and Stability
Craig Handford, PhD

Deliberate Practice Is Not Always About Movement Consistency
Solutions to Movement Problems Can Be Generic and Yet Individual
Variability Can Provide a Basis for Practice in Parts
Conclusion

Chapter 5. Variability in Motor Output and Olympic Performers
Les G. Carlton, PhD, John W. Chow, PhD, and Jaeho Shim, PhD

Variability in the Motor Domain
Speed and Accuracy in Projectile Tasks
Models of Throwing Accuracy
Throwing Accurately to Horizontal Targets
Throwing Accurately to Vertical Targets
Speed-Variability Trade-Offs in Sport Tasks
Speed and Variability in Throwing Tasks
Speed and Variability in Striking
Summary
Olympic Project
Data Collection
Location of Ball Landing
Ball and Racket Speeds
The Olympic Project and Speed-Accuracy Trade-Offs

Chapter 6. Genetic and Environmental Constraints on Variability in Sport Performance
Joe Baker, PhD and Keith Davids, PhD

Nurture Perspective of Expertise Development: Deliberate Practice
Challenges of Deliberate Practice
Genetic Constraints on Physical Performance
Genetic Contribution to Motor Skill Performance
Genetic Contribution to Variability in Physical Performance
Concluding Remarks: A Case for Dynamic Systems Theory

Part III: Issues in Measurement

Chapter 7. Coordination Profiling of Movement Systems
Chris Button, PhD, Keith Davids, PhD, and Wolfgang Schöllhorn, PhD

Theoretical Evolution of Variability in Movement
Data Collection and Statistical Analysis
Coordination Profiling
Cluster Analyses and Time-Continuous Variables of Intra- and Interindividual Athletic Performance
General Discussion and Implications

Chapter 8. Clinical Relevance of Variability in Coordination
Joseph Hamill, PhD, Jeffrey M. Haddad, MS, Bryan C. Heiderscheit, PhD, Richard E.A. Van Emmerik, PhD, and Li Li, PhD

Variability in Traditional and Dynamical Systems View
Dynamic Systems Concept of Variability in Movement
Clinical Relevance of Variability
Conclusions

Chapter 9. Measuring Coordination and Variability in Coordination
Jonathan S. Wheat, PhD and Paul S. Glazier, PhD

Measuring Coordination and Variability in Coordination
Summary

Part IV: Variability Across the Lifespan

Chapter 10. Functional Variability in Perceptual Motor Development
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh,PhD, John van der Kamp, PhD, and Karl S. Rosengren, PhD

Functional Coupling of Perception and Movement: Constraints
Variability in Early Infant Reaching
Functional Variability and Exploration
Variability and Selection in the Coupling of Information and Movement
Conclusions

Chapter 11. Aging and Variability in Motor Output
Evangelos A. Christou, PhD and Brian L. Tracy, PhD

Older Adults Do Not Always Exhibit Greater Variability in Motor Output Within a Trial
Older Adults Exhibit Greater Variability in Motor Output From Trial to Trial
Physical Training Attenuates the Variability of Motor Output in Older Adults
Changes in the Nervous System Alter Variability in Motor Output
Summary

Part V: Variability Within Subsystems

Chapter 12. Mechanical Properties of Muscles Reduce Performance Variability
Alberto Minetti, MD

Arm Wrestling
Variability in Drop Landing
Conclusions

Chapter 13. Cellular and Molecular Basis of Heterogeneity in Contractile Performance Variability
Carlo Reggiani, PhD and Susan Bortolotto, PhD

Functional and Molecular Heterogeneity of Muscle Fibers
Functional Characterization of Human Muscle Fiber Types: Contractile Properties
Heterogeneity of Electrophysiological Properties and Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Human Muscle Fibers
Metabolic Heterogeneity of Human Muscle Fibers
Plasticity of Human Skeletal Muscles
Optimization of Muscle Performance by Selective Recruitment
Conclusions

Chapter 14. Self-Organizing Brain Dynamics and Movement Goals
Walter Freeman, MD

Limbic Contributions to Intentional Action
Neurodynamics of Chaos in Perception
Conjoining of Time and Space Through Action
Linear Causality Versus Circular Causality
Timing in the Awareness of Action
Conclusion

Chapter 15. Variability of Brain Activity During Rhythmic Unimanual Finger Movements
T.D. Frank,PhD, C.E. Peper, PhD, A. Daffertshofer, PhD, and P.J. Beek, PhD

Theoretical Framework
Coordinated Rhythmic Movements
Experiments and Experimental Results
Dominance of Descending Neural Activity
Phase Synchronization and Mean-Field Forces
Connectivity Maps
Mean-Field Haken-Kelso-Bunz Model
Implications for the Dynamic Systems Approach
Outlook

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