Deconstructing neurobiological coordination: The role of the biomechanics-motor control nexus

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-90

  Davids, Keith ^a   Glazier, Paul ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degeneracy; Functional variability; Indeterminacy; Movement patterning; Multiarticular actions; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH;

BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH;

EID: 77950274597     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3181d4968b     Document Type: Article

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