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Recent Publications

Chapters and Books:

Latash M.L., Lestienne F. (Editors) (2006) Motor Control and Learning. Springer: NY.

Latash M.L., Shim J.K., Shinohara M., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2006) Changes in finger coordination and hand function with advanced age. In: Latash M.L., Lestienne F. (Eds) Motor Control and Learning, pp. 141-159, Springer: NY.

Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2006) Principle of superposition in human prehension. In: Kawamura S., Swinin M. (Eds.) Advances in Robot Control: From Everyday Physics to Human-Like Movements, pp. 249-261, Springer: NY.

Latash M.L. (2008) Neurophysiological Basis of Movement. Second Edition. Human Kinetics: Urbana, IL.

Latash M.L. (2008) Synergy. Oxford University Press: New York, NY.

 

2008 (so far)

Savescu A.V., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2008) A technique to determine friction at the fingertips. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 24: 43-50.

Asaka T., Wang Y., Fukushima J., Latash M.L. (2008) Learning effects on muscle modes and multi-mode synergies. Experimental Brain Research 184: 323-338.

Zhang W., Scholz J.P., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2008) What do synergies do? Effects of secondary constraints on multi-digit synergies in accurate force-production tasks. Journal of Neurophysiology 99: 500-513.

Latash M.L. (2008) Motor control: The heart of kinesiology. Quest 60: 19-30.

Gorniak S.L., Duarte M., Latash M.L. (2008) Do synergies improve accuracy? A study of speed-accuracy trade-offs during finger force production. Motor Control 12: 151-172.

Robert T., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2008) Multi-muscle synergies in an unusual postural task: Quick shear force production. Experimental Brain Research (in press).

Pataky T.C., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2008). Multi-finger ab- and adduction strength and coordination. Journal of Hand Therapy (in press).

Danna-Dos-Santos A., Degani A.M., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2008) Is voluntary control of natural postural sway possible? Journal of Motor Behavior (in press).

Kim S.W., Shim J.K., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2008) Finger interdependence: Linking the kinetic and kinematic variables. Human Movement Science (in press).

Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2008) Multi-finger prehension: An overview. Journal of Motor Behavior (in press).

Olafsdottir H., Kim S.W., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2008) Anticipatory synergy adjustments in preparation to self-triggered perturbations in elderly individuals. Journal of Applied Biomechanics (in press).


2007

Yang J.-F., Scholz J.P., Latash M.L. (2007) The role of kinematic redundancy in adaptation of reaching. Experimental Brain Research 176: 54-69.

Olafsdottir H., Yoshida N., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2007) Elderly show decreased adjustments of motor synergies in preparation to action. Clinical Biomechanics 22: 44-51.

Krishnamoorthy V., Scholz J.P., Latash M.L. (2007) The use of flexible arm muscle synergies to perform an isometric stabilization task. Clinical Neurophysiology 118: 525-537.

Zhang W., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2007) Finger synergies during multi-finger cyclic production of moment of force. Experimental Brain Research 177: 243-254.

Gorniak S., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2007) Hierarchies of synergies: An example of the two-hand, multi-finger tasks. Experimental Brain Research 179: 167-180.

Pataky T.C., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2007) Finger interaction during maximal radial and ulnar deviation efforts: Experimental data and linear neural network modeling. Experimental Brain Research 179: 301-312.

Olafsdottir H., Zhang W., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2007) Age related changes in multi-finger synergies in accurate moment of force production tasks. Journal of Applied Physiology 102: 1490-1501.

Danna-Dos-Santos A., Slomka K., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2007) Muscle modes and synergies during voluntary body sway. Experimental Brain Research 179: 533-550.

Duarte M., Latash M.L. (2007) Effects of postural task requirements on the speed-accuracy trade-off. Experimental Brain Research 180: 457-467.

Latash M.L., Scholz J.P., Schöner G. (2007) Toward a new theory of motor synergies. Motor Control 11: 275-307.

Wang Y., Shapkova E.Yu., Siwasakunrat S., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2007) Stepping from a narrow support. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 17: 462-472.

Danna-Dos-Santos A., Degani A.M., Latash M.L. (2007) Anticipatory control of head posture. Clinical Neurophysiology 118: 1802-1814.

Niu X., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2007) Prehension synergies in the grasps with complex friction patterns: local vs. synergic effects and the template control. Journal of Neurophysiology 98: 16-28.

Shim J.K., Huang J., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2007) Multi-digit maximal voluntary torque production on a circular object. Ergonomics 50: 660-675.

Aoki T., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2007) Adjustments to local friction in multi-finger prehension. Journal of Motor Behavior 39: 276-290.

Degani A., Danna-Dos-Santos A., Latash M.L. (2007) Postural preparation to making a step: Is there a "motor program" for postural preparation? Journal of Applied Biomechanics 23: 261-274.

Gorniak S., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2007) Emerging and disappearing synergies in a hierarchically controlled system. Experimental Brain Research 183: 259-270.

Latash M.L. (2007) Learning motor synergies by persons with Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 51: 962-971.

Gao F., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2007) Similar motion of a handheld object may trigger non-similar grip force adjustments. Journal of Hand Therapy 20: 300-308.

Pataky T.C., Savescu A.V., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2007) A device for testing the intrinsic muscles of the hand. Journal of Hand Therapy 20: 345-350.

2006

Latash M.L. (2006) A New Book by Nikolai Bernstein: Contemporary studies in the physiology of the neural process . Motor Control 10: 1-6.

Gao F., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2006) Maintaining rotational equilibrium during object manipulation: Linear behavior of a highly non-linear system. Experimental Brain Research 169: 519-531.

Wang Y., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2006) Muscle synergies in preparation to a step made under self-paced and reaction-time instructions. Clinical Neurophysiology 117: 41-56.

Mochizuki L., Duarte M., Amadio A.C., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2006) Changes in postural sway and its fractions in conditions of postural instability. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 22: 51-66.

Freitas S.M.S.F., Duarte M., Latash M.L. (2006) Two kinematic synergies in voluntary whole-body movements during standing. Journal of Neurophysiology 95: 636-645.

Aoki T., Niu X., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2006) Effects of friction at the digit-object interface on the digit forces in multi-finger prehension. Experimental Brain Research 172: 425-438.

Zatsiorsky V.M., Gao F., Latash M.L. (2006)  Prehension stability: Experiments with expanding and contracting handle. Journal of Neurophysiology 95: 2513-2529.

Latash M.L., Anson J.G. (2006) Synergies in health and disease: Relations to adaptive changes in motor coordination. Physical Therapy 86: 1151-1160.

Goodman S.R., Latash M.L. (2006) Feedforward control of a redundant motor system. Biological Cybernetics 95: 271-280.

Latash M.L., Lestienne F. (Editors) (2006) Motor Control and Learning. Springer: NY.

Latash M.L., Shim J.K., Shinohara M., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2006) Changes in finger coordination and hand function with advanced age. In: Latash M.L., Lestienne F. (Eds) Motor Control and Learning, pp. 141-159, Springer: NY.

 

2005

Olatsdottir H., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2005) Is the thumb a fifth finger? A study of digit interaction during force production tasks. Experimental Brain Research 160: 203-213.

Feldman A.G., Latash M.L. (2005) Testing hypotheses and the advancement of science: Recent attempts to falsify the equilibrium-point hypothesis. Experimental Brain Research 161: 91-103.

Gao F, Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2005) Control of finger force direction in the flexion-extension plane. Experimental Brain Research 161: 307-315.

Shim J.K., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2005) Prehension synergies in three dimensions. Journal of Neurophysiology 93: 766-776.

Pataky T.C., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2005) Viscoelastic response of the finger pad to incremental tangential displacements. Journal of Biomechanics 38: 1441-1449.

Olafsdottir H., Yoshida N., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2005) Anticipatory covariation of finger forces during self-paced and reaction time force production. Neuroscience Letters 381: 92-96.

Shim J.K., Kim S.W., Oh S.J., Kang N., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2005) Plastic changes in interhemispheric inhibition with practice of a two-hand force production task: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Neuroscience Letters 374: 104-108.

Zatsiorsky V.M., Gao F., Latash M.L. (2005) Motor control goes beyond physics: Differential effects of gravity and inertia on finger forces during manipulation of hand-held objects. Experimental Brain Research 162: 300-308.

Paulino R.G., Rezende dos Santos M.V., Latash M.L., Almeida G.L. (2005) Control of single-joint movements with a reversal.  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 15: 406-417.

Domkin D., Laczko J., Djupsjbacka M., Jaric S., Latash M.L. (2005) Joint angle variability in 3D bimanual pointing: uncontrolled manifold analysis. Experimental Brain Research 163: 44-57.

Goodman S.R., Shim J.K., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2005) Motor variability within a multi-effector system: Experimental and analytical studies of multi-finger production of quick force pulses. Experimental Brain Research 163: 75-85.

Latash M.L., Shim J.K., Smilga A.V., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2005) A central back-coupling hypothesis on the organization of motor synergies: A physical metaphor and a neural model. Biological Cybernetics 92: 186-191.

Shim J.K., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2005) Prehension synergies: trial-to-trial variability and principle of superposition during static prehension in three dimensions. Journal of Neurophysiology 93: 3649-3658.

Krishnamoorthy V., Latash M.L. (2005) Reversals of anticipatory postural adjustments during voluntary sway. Journal of Physiology 565: 675-684.

Shim J.K., Olafsdottir H., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2005) The emergence and disappearance of multi-digit synergies during force production tasks. Experimental Brain Research 164: 260-270.

Gao F., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2005) Internal forces during object manipulation. Experimental Brain Research 165: 69-83.

Latash M.L., Krishnamoorthy V., Scholz J.P., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2005) Postural synergies and their development. Neural Plasticity 12: 119-130.

Wang Y., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2005) Muscle synergies involved in shifting center of pressure during making a first step. Experimental Brain Research 167: 196-210.

 

2004

Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L., Gao F., Shim J.K. (2004) The principle of superposition in human prehension. Robotica 22: 231-234.

Goodman S.R., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Indices of non-linearity in finger force interaction. Biological Cybernetics 90: 264-271.Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2004) Prehension synergies. Exercise and Sport Science Reviews 32: 75-80.

Shinohara M., Scholz J.P., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2004) Finger interaction during accurate multi-finger force production tasks in young and elderly persons. Experimental Brain Research 156: 282-292.

Krishnamoorthy V., Latash M.L., Scholz J.P., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Muscle modes during shifts of the center of pressure by standing persons: Effects of instability and additional support. Experimental Brain Research 157: 18-31.

Kang N., Shinohara M., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2004) Learning multi-finger synergies: An uncontrolled manifold analysis. Experimental Brain Research 157: 336-350.

Shim J.K., Lay B., Zatsiorsky V.M., Latash M.L. (2004) Age-related changes in finger coordination in static prehension tasks. Journal of Applied Physiology 97: 213-224.

Shim J.K., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Finger coordination during moment production on a mechanically fixed object. Experimental Brain Research 157: 457-467.

Li S., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Effects of motor imagery on finger force responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Cognitive Brain Research 20: 273-280.

Pataky T.C., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Tangential load sharing among fingers during prehension. Ergonomics 47: 876-889.

Slijper H.P., Latash M.L. (2004) The effects of muscle vibration on anticipatory postural adjustments. Brain Research 1015: 57-72.

Latash M.L., Shim J.K., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Is there a timing synergy during multi-finger production of quick force pulses? Experimental Brain Research 159: 65-71.

Latash M.L., Shim J.K., Gao F., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Rotational equilibrium during multi-digit pressing and prehension. Motor Control 8: 392-404.

Gao F., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Neural network modeling supports a theory on the hierarchical control of prehension. Neural Computing & Applications 13: 352-359.

Pataky T.C., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Prehension synergies during non-vertical grasping. I. Experimental observations. Biological Cybernetics 91: 148-158.

Pataky T.C., Latash M.L., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Prehension synergies during non-vertical grasping. II. Modeling and optimization. Biological Cybernetics 91: 231-242.

Latash M.L., Feldman A.G. (2004) Computational ideas developed within the control theory have limited relevance to control processes in living systems. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27: 409.

Latash M.L., Jaric S., Scholz J.P., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Motor synergies and their changes with practice. Journal of Human Kinetics 12: 3-14.

Latash M.L., Jaric S., Scholz J.P., Zatsiorsky V.M. (2004) Motor synergies and their changes with practice. In: Waskiewicz Z., Juras G., Raczek J. Current Research in Motor Control - II: Theories, Implementations and Research Perspectives in Motor Control, p. 9-18, AWF: Katowice, Poland.

 

 
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