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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:

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:

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:

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:

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