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Author:

Dos Santos, Alessander

Title:

MULTI-MUSCLE COORDINATION IN POSTURAL TASKS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

emg
posture
muscles
coordination
human

File:

Download Alessander_Thesis_submitted_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Fan

Title:

PREHENSION SYNERGIES: STATIC AND DYNAMIC EXAMINATIONS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

prehension
finger
grip force
load force
synergy
chain effects
internal force
motor control
biomechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_Fan_Gao_2005.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Olafsdottir, Halla Björg

Title:

Age Related Differences in Multi-Digit Coordination

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Aging
Coordination
hand
motor control

File:

Download Halla_phd_thesis_15.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Member
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member

Author:

Shim, Jae Kun

Title:

ROTATIONAL EQULIBRIUM CONTROL IN MULTI-DIGIT HUMAN PREHENSION

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

human
finger
prehension
synergy
principle of superposition
mechanical advantage
hierarchical control

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

Author:

Gregory, Robert William

Title:

Biomechanics and Control of Torque Production During Prehension

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

human
voluntary movement
motor redundancy
fingers
hand

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Mark Latash, Committee Member
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Member

Author:

Gorniak, Stacey Lynn

Title:

Hierarchical Control of Prehension

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

prehension
bimanual
synergies
finger
hand
motor control

File:

Download SL_Gorniak_Dissertation_Final1.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Arkady Tempelman, Committee Member

Author:

Pataky, Todd Colin

Title:

Investigations into tangential finger force coordination

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

finger force
biomechanics
motor control
prehension
hand coordination

File:

Download Pataky-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Krishnamoorthy, Vijaya

Title:

MUSCLE SYNERGIES DURING STANDING

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

muscle synergies
M-mode
posture

File:

Download THESIS_VIJAYA.PDF

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Dr Toby Mordkoff, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Dr John P Scholz, Committee Member

Author:

Srinivasan KariyaMaanikam, Varadhan

Title:

DISCRETE AND CYCLICAL FORCE PRODUCTION IN MULTI-FINGER PRESSING AND PREHENSION TASKS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Discrete
Cyclic
Finger
Force
Pressing
Prehension

File:

Download Varadhan_SKM_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Wisleder, Deric

Title:

SPINE MECHANICAL RESPONSE TO STATIC AXIAL COMPRESSION LOAD: AN MRI STUDY IN VIVO

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

biomechanics
kinesiology
intervertebral disc
spine mechanics
lumbar spine
magnetic resonance

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Member
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Smith, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Wei

Title:

THE CONTROL OF ROTATIONAL HAND ACTIONS BY MULTI-DIGIT SYNERGIES

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Rotational hand action
multi-digit synergies
finger coordination
uncontrolled manifold hypothesis
force stabilization
moment of force stabilization

File:

Download fanal_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Niu, Xun

Title:

CONTROL MECHANISIMS OF MULTI-FINGER GRASPING

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

synergy
optimization
grasping

File:

Download Xun_Niu_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Martin, Joel Ryan

Title:

CONTROL OF MULTI-FINGER PRESSING: STUDIED WITH MECHANICAL AND HYPOTHETICAL CONTROL VARIABLES

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Biomechanics; Motor Control; Finger Interaction

File:

Download Joel_Martin_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Special Member

Author:

Singh, Tarkeshwar

Title:

Effects of Neuromuscular Fatigue on Hierarchical Control and Motor Synergies

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Fatigue
synergies
motor coordination
motor control
grasping
prehension

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Forsubmission_Tarkesh.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Member
Arkady Tempelman, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Yen-hsun

Title:

Effects of practicing accurate force production tasks on multi-digit coordination: Performance, synergies, and transfer

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

practice
coordination
finger
variance
uncontrolled manifold

File:

Download Yen-dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Yang

Title:

Forces And Moments Generated By The Human Arm: Variability And Control

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Biomechanics
Motor Control
Ergonomics
Force Production
Arm Control
Force Variability

File:

Download Dissertation_Yang.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Tao

Title:

Equifinality and its violations in multi-joint positional tasks

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Multi-joint movement
Equifinality
Referent configuration hypothesis
Back-coupling
Synergy
Uncontrolled manifold hypothesis

File:

Download Tao-dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Member
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member