Classics in movement science / Mark L. Latash, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, editors.

Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2001], ©2001.

xii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Making things happen : an introduction to the history of movement science / Onno G. Meijer -- How Bernstein conquered movement / R. Bongaardt -- Human gait and joint mechanics : is the pendulum swinging back to passive dynamics? / Brian L. Davis, Maunak V. Rana, and Ari Levine -- Involuntary muscle contractions detected by electromyography (EMG) / Joel A. Vilensky and Sid Gilman -- Mechanical work in human movement : comments on papers by Fenn and Elftman / Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky.

Contributions of Ragnar Granit to the understanding of spinal mechanisms of motor coordination / T. Richard Nichols -- Helmholtz : founder of the action-perception theory / Stan Gielen -- A.V. Hill and first estimates of maximum muscle performance in humans / B.I. Prilutsky -- First studies of the organization of the human motor cortex / John C. Rothwell -- Action of two-joint muscles : the legacy of W.P. Lombard / Arthur D. Kuo -- Sir Charles S. Sherrington : humanist, mentor, and movement neuroscientist / Douglas G. Stuart, Patricia A. Pierce, Robert J. Callister, Alan M. Brichta, Jennifer C. McDonagh.

Kurt Wachholder : pioneering electrophysiological studies of voluntary movements / Dagmar Sternad -- Woodworth (1899) : movement variability and theories of motor control / Karl M. Newell and David E. Vaillancourt.