Spring 2000 EXCSCI 797N
Nonlinear Dynamics of Human Movement

Instructors: R.E.A. Van Emmerik & M. Rosenstein

Dates: TUTH 11.15-12.30 (Totman, room 156)

Schedule of Readings

Note: Online copies of papers are restricted to local access (umass.edu).

Meeting # Date Reading
1 1/27 -
2 2/1 -
3 2/3 Strogatz, Chapter 1. Stewart, Chapter 4.
4 2/8 Strogatz, Chapter 2 (2.0-2.2, 2.4), Chapter 4 (4.0-4.5).
5 2/10 Stewart, Chapter 5-6.
6 2/15 Stewart, Chapter 7.
K. Hall, D. Christini, M. Tremblay, J. Collins, L. Glass, and J. Billette, Dynamic control of cardiac alternans, 1997.
7 2/17 Kelso, Chapter 1.
8 2/22 Kelso, Chapter 2.
9 2/24 -
10 2/29 Kelso, Chapter 3
11 3/2 Kelso, Chapter 4
12 3/7 Kelso, Chapter 6
13 3/9 E. Thelen, Motor development: a new synthesis, 1997.
-- 3/14 no class (Spring Break)
-- 3/16 no class (Spring Break)
14 3/21 Strogatz, Chapter 8 (8.6)
15 3/23 M. Williamson, Neural control of rhythmic arm movements, 1998
16 3/28 S. Schaal, S. Kotosaka, and D. Sternad, Nonlinear dynamical systems as movement primitives, 1999
17 3/30 T. Prokop, W. Berger, W. Zijlstra, and V. Dietz, Adaptational and learning processes during human split-belt locomotion, 1995.
18 4/4 J. Whitall and G. Caldwell, Coordination of symmetrical and asymmetrical human gait, 1992.
19 4/6 S. Mishra, Control of biped locomotion using oscillators, 1993. (ch. 1-3)
20 4/11 P. Greene, Why is it easy to control your arms? 1982.
21 4/13 M. Turvey and C. Carello, Dynamics of Bernstein's level of synergies, 1996.
22 4/18 G. van Ingen Schenau and A. van Soest, On the biomechanical basis of dexterity, 1996.
-- 4/20 no class (Monday schedule)
23 4/25 B. Bril and Y. Breniere, Postural requirements and progression velocity in young walkers, 1992.
24 4/27 R. McN. Alexander, Three uses for springs in legged motion, 1990.
J. Pratt and G. Pratt, Exploiting natural dynamics in the control of a planar bipedal walking robot, 1998.
25 5/2 J. Eng, D. Winter and A. Patla, Intralimb dynamics simplify reactive control strategies during locomotion, 1997.
S. Mochon and T. McMahon, Ballistic walking, J. Biomech. 13:49-57, 1980.
26 5/4 B. McFadyen and H. Carnahan, Anticipatory locomotor adjustments for accommodating versus avoiding level changes in humans, 1997.
L. Chou, L. Draganich and S. Song, Minimum energy trajectories of the swing ankle when stepping over obstacles of different heights, 1997.
27 5/9 S. Hill, A. Patla, M. Ishac, A. Adkin, T. Supan and D. Barth, Altered kinetic strategy for the control of swing elevation over obstacles in unilateral below-knee amputee gait, 1999.
D. Winter and S. Sienko, Biomechanics of below-knee amputee gait, 1988.
28 5/11 E. Goldfield, B. Kay, and W. Warren, Infant bouncing: the assembly and tuning of action systems, 1993.



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