Proprioception and neuromuscular control in joint stability / Scott M. Lephart, Freddie H. Fu, editors
Imprint
Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2000
Descript
xxiv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
CONTENT
Peripheral Afferents of the Knee: Their Effects on Central Mechanisms Regulating Muscle Stiffness, Joint Stability, and Proprioception and Coordination -- Contribution of the Three Levels of Nervous System Motor Control: Spinal Cord, Lower Brain, Cerebral Cortex -- Functional Anatomy of the Cerebellum -- Contribution of the Peripheral Somatosensory System to Balance and Postural Equilibrium -- Motor Learning, Motor Control, and Knee Injuries -- Functional Anatomy of the Knee: Bony Geometry, Static and Dynamic Restraints, Sensory and Motor Innervation -- Neuromuscular Contributions to Knee Kinematics and Kinetics: Normal Versus the Pathological State -- Gross Anatomy of the Shoulder: Bony Geometry, Static and Dynamic Restraints, Sensory and Motor Innervation -- Peripheral Afferents of the Shoulder: Relationship Between Active and Passive Restraints Regulating Muscle Activation -- Neuromuscular Contributions to Normal Shoulder Joint Kinematics -- Peripheral Afferent Nerve Regeneration -- Validation of Techniques to Measure Knee Proprioception -- Techniques for Measuring Sensorimotor Control of the Ankle: Evaluation of Different Methods -- Role of Electromyography in the Assessment of Neuromuscular Control -- Method for Analyzing Standing and Reactive Balance and Neuromuscular Responses of the Spine and Lower Extremities