Motor behavior : connecting mind and body for optimal performance - Ives, Jeffrey C. (Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014)
Introduction to motor behavior and the mind-body connection -- Neural mechanisms in planning and initiating movement -- Peripheral neuromuscular mechanisms in executing movement -- Peripheral sensory systems in monitoring movement -- Movement models -- Understanding motor skill and motor abilities -- Learning and the development of expertise -- Information processing and motor skill performance -- Practice and instruction -- Muscle tone and postural control -- Orthopedic injury, rehabilitation, and prehabilitation -- Strength, power, speed, and agility.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Athletic Performance -- physiology; Psychomotor performance; Athletic Performance -- psychology; Movement