Faculty: Motor Control
- William E. Buckley
- Professor of Exercise and Sport Science and Health Education
- Research Interests: Health aspects of sport and athletic training
with a focus in sport injury risk assessment and epidemiology; development
of sport injury risk assessment models to apply to various subset athletic
populations (women, disabled, senior participants); drug use in athletics;
quality assessment for athletic training; and curriculum design.
- Robert B. Eckhardt
- Professor of Developmental Genetics and Evolutionary Morphology
- Research Interests: Interaction of genetic and environmental
influences on growth and development in human populations; musculo-skeletal
structures are of primary interest. Current study techniques emphasize
computer imaging and analysis of two-dimensional and three-dimensional
data representing anatomical structures. Particular emphasis is placed
on integration of molecular and morphological perspectives on development.
- Mark L. Latash
- Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology
- Research Interests: Control and coordination of multi-element
systems participating in the production of voluntary movements. Equilibrium-point
hypothesis of motor control. Control of posture, multi-joint reaching,
finger coordination, and other motor tasks. The neurophysiological mechanisms
of the production of voluntary movements. Changes in motor control and
coordination with age, neurological disorder, and rehabilitation.
- Karl M. Newell
- Professor of Kinesiology and Biobehavioral Health; Marie Underhill Noll
Chair and Head of Department
- Research Interests: Coordination, control and skill of normal
and abnormal human movement across the life-span; development of coordination,
acquisition of skill, information and movement dynamics, mental retardation
and motor skills, drug exercise influences on movement control.
- Stephen J. Piazza
- Associate Professor of Kinesiology
- Research Interests: Development of computational tools for
investigation of joint mechanics; computer simulation applied to the study
of normal and pathological human gait; mechanical effects of surgical
procedures intended to alter joint and muscle function; mechanics of total
joint replacements.
- Robert Sainburg
- Associate Professor of Kinesiology
- Research Interests: Neural mechanisms underlying control of
multijoint arm movements in humans. We combine both psychophysical experiments
and biomechanical simulations to determine the neural processes responsible
for coordinating the complex mechanics of the musculoskeletal system.
Studies in patients with neurological lesions are conducted to determine
the contributions of specific neural structures to control.
- Dagmar Sternad
- Professor of Kinesiology
- Research Interests:Control and coordination of rhythmic and
discrete movements, dynamical modeling of movements, role of dynamical
stability and structure of variability in acquisition and performance
of perceptual-motor skills.
- Vladimir Zatsiorsky
- Professor of Kinesiology
- Research Interests: Biomechanical basis of motor control, in
particular biomechanics of hand and finger function and balance maintenance.
Sport biomechanics. Science of training athletes, especially strength
training.