Motor behavior : connecting mind and body for optimal performance /
Jeffrey C. Ives, Professor and Graduate Program Chair, Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York.
- 2nd edition.
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2019]
- xiii, 340 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Measuring and evaluating motor skills and motor abilities -- Learning and the development of expertise -- Information processing and motor skill performance -- Practice and instruction -- Postural control in wellness and performance -- Functional training.