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<p><i>Energetics of Human Activity</i> provides a detailed, contemporary discussion of the efficiency of movement from a multidisciplinary perspective. The text explores the process by which humans optimize their energy expenditure in learning and controlling movements.</p> <p>As the first collaborative text that focuses on the energetics of motor coordination and control, <i>Energetics of Human Activity</i> is written by 24 international researchers in the movement sciences, including noted experts from the fields of psychology, physiology, and biomechanics. This presents the reader with a broad range of opinions and research findings.</p> <p>Collectively, the chapters discuss three topics of interest from a movement economy perspective: individual differences, motor learning, and the control of action. The hypothesis that minimization of metabolic energy expenditure is a universal constraint on the structure of emerging movement patterns is also presented by three movement subdiscipline perspectives. These approaches include the mechanics of human motion, the physiological cost of meeting task demands, and the effects of practice on performance.</p> <p>Each chapter provides a sys

Author

William Anthony Sparrow

Publisher

Human Kinetics Publishers

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780880117876

Subjects

Medical, Science, Nursing