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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:

Xue, Jiangwei

Title:

THE ENDOMORPHISM ALGEBRAS AND HODGE GROUPS OF CERTAIN SUPERELLIPTIC JACOBIANS

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

abelian variety
superelliptic curve
jacobian

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuri G Zarhin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuri G Zarhin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Woodrow Dale Brownawell, Committee Member
Mihran Papikian, Committee Member
Mark Latash, 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:

Ranganathan, Rajiv

Title:

Utilizing Redundancy in Motor Learning

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

redundancy
variability
motor learning
movement path
interception

File:

Download Rajiv_Dissertation_Final_091509.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Dagmar Sternad, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, 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:

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:

Kim, Sun

Title:

FINGER INTER-DEPENDENCE: LINKING THE KINETIC AND KINEMATIC VARIABLES

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Finger Force Enslaving Kinetics Kinematics

File:

Download SunWookKim_MS_Thesis_Committee_Final_revised_1.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Schaefer, Sydney Yoshie

Title:

Ipsilesional motor performance following stroke: Evidence for motor lateralization

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

hemispheric specialization
motor control

File:

Download Revised_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Jonathan T Mordkoff, Ph D, Committee Member
Karl Maxim Newell, 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:

Sun, Yao

Title:

PRHENSION SYNERGIES DURING SMOOTH CHANGES OF THE EXTERNAL LOAD OR TORQUE: TIME AND HISTORY EFFECT ON MULTI-DIGIT COORDINATION

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Synergy
Safety margin
Prehension
History effects

File:

Download Yao_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

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:

Valantine, Andrew David

Title:

Transfer of Mirror Writing in Left and Right Handers

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Transfer of Learning
Handedness

File:

Download 1-andrewvalantine.rtf.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L Sainburg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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

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

Author:

Jo, Hang Jin

Title:

IMPAIRMENTS IN THE STABILITY OF HAND FUCTION IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Synergy
Hand
Prehension
Uncontrolled Manifold Hypothesis
Parkinson's disease

File:

Download Dissertation-HangJinJo.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xuemei Huang, Outside Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Kristina A Neely, Committee Member

Author:

Hu, Xiaogang

Title:

CONSTRAINTS, REDUNDANCY, AND PATTERNS OF FORCE COORDINATION

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

aging
motor control
isometric force
force coordination
redundancy

File:

Download Hu_DissertationFinal071211.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl M. Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Member
Jinger S. Gottschall, Committee Member

Author:

Schaffer, Jacob Eric

Title:

Interlimb Differences in Coordination of Unsupported Reaching Movements

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Handedness
Brain lateralization
Reaching

File:

Download Jacob_Schaffer_final_thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

Author:

Dunn, Alexandra Marie

Title:

Non-dominant arm training improves functional performance and modifies spontaneous arm selection.

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

handedness
handedness training
hand function
arm selection

File:

Download Dunn_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member

Author:

Reschechtko, Sasha

Title:

Roles of Feedback in the Stability of Multi-Finger Action

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Motor Control
Multi-Finger Coordination
Sensory Feedback
Isometric Force Production
Uncontrolled Manifold Hypothesis
Referent Configuration Hypothesis
Synergy

File:

Download Reschechtko_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Jonas Rubenson, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Outside Member

Author:

Maenza, Candice Marie

Title:

FUNCTIONAL DEFICITS IN CHRONIC STROKE DEPEND ON EXTENT OF CONTRALESIONAL IMPAIRMENT AND ON THE SIDE OF BRAIN DAMAGE

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

stroke
motor deficits
ipsilesional

File:

Download maenza_thesis_ipsilesional_deficits_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Chaleece Wyatt Sandberg, Committee Member

Author:

Falaki, Ali

Title:

Impaired control of multi-muscle synergies in Parkinson's disease

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Motor control
Synergy
Parkinson's disease
Stability
Posture
Uncontrolled manifold

File:

Download Dissertation_Ali_Falaki_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xuemei Huang, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Outside Member

Author:

Schaffer, Jacob Eric

Title:

Lateralization of Central and Peripheral Influences on Bimanual Coordination

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Motor Control
Handedness
Brain Lateralization
Bimanual Coordination

File:

Download final_dissertation_Jake_Schaffer.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Committee Member
Meghan Vidt, Outside Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ricotta, Joseph

Title:

On the neural expression of task-stabilizing synergies across motor units of single muscles

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Motor control
Motor neuroscience
Spinal cord
Parkinsons
Fatigue
Stability
Synergy

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Sainburg, Major Field Member
Xuemei Huang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Drew, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarkeshwar Singh, Major Field Member
Mark Latash, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Cuadra Gonzalez, Cristian Javier

Title:

Stability of force perception in finger force production tasks

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

iso-perceptual manifold
uncontrolled manifold
force perception
referent coordinate
psychophysics
kinesthetic perception
sense of effort
back-coupling
motor control
muscle vibration
force drift
force matching

File:

Download 6.2_Dissertation_Cristian_Cuadra__PhD_Kinesiology.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Jonas Rubenson, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Outside Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Madarshahian, Seyedeh

Title:

Intra-muscle synergies: Their role in the neural hierarchy

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Finger
Hand
Uncontrolled manifold
Referent coordinate
Hierarchy

File:

Download Disertation_Shirin_Madarshahian.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Sainburg, Major Field Member
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarkeshwar Singh, Major Field Member
Mark Latash, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
hyebin song, Minor Field Member

Author:

Selby, Kristen

Title:

Interlimb differences in multi-degree-of-freedom coordination during cyclic bilateral and unilateral wrist movements

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

Bilateral
bilateral coordination
interlimb coordination
dynamic dominance

File:

Download Final_Thesis__3_.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tarkeshwar Singh, Committee Member

Author:

Dexheimer, Brooke

Title:

Hemispheric lateralization in motor control and motor adaptation

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Motor control
Lateralization
Neuromodulation
Motor learning

File:

Download dexheimer.dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Mark Latash, Major Field Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Major Field Member
Robert Sainburg, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Maenza, Candice Marie

Title:

Moderators and Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Ipsilesional Motor Deficits in Chronic Unilateral Stroke Survivors

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

stroke
ipsilesional deficits
motor deficits
rehabilitation
apraxia

File:

Download maenza_dissertation__final_11-10-23.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Sainburg, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarkeshwar Singh, Major Field Member
Mark Latash, Major Field Member
Nancy Williams, Program Head/Chair