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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:

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:

Kapur, Shweta

Title:

FINGER INTERACTION IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL PRESSING TASK: CONTROL OF FORCE MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION AND AGE RELATED DIFFERENCES

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

finger interaction
aging
synergy
enslaving
hand
Motor Control

File:

Download Shweta_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Reschechtko, Sasha

Title:

Stability of Multi-finger Action in Different State Spaces

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

redundancy
abundance
synergy
referent configuration
uncontrolled manifold hypothesis
equifinality
enslaving

File:

Download Sasha_Reschechtko_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor