The Human Locomotor System: Physiological and Technological Foundations

Sarkodie-Gyan, Thompson, Yu, Huiying

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-06-29
  • 售價: $4,300
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$4,085
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 299
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 3031327837
  • ISBN-13: 9783031327834
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商品描述

The textbook describes the complexity of the human dynamic behavior in space and its ability to produce coordinated, adaptive, dynamically stable movements under steady conditions while negotiating complex terrains and experiencing unexpected perturbations.

Applying fundamental theories of biomechanics and physiology, the authors further consider the physical, perceptual, and motor aspects of the locomotor system towards the analysis of how humans can behave adaptively in space by virtue of their intelligent sensory-motor functions and to illuminate our understanding of how this complexity in behavior can provide insight into the neural control of locomotion of the musculoskeletal system. The text provides a foundation for describing the normal and abnormal human locomotor systems.

The Human Locomotor System: Physiological and Technological Foundations is intended as a primary text for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in neuroscience, gait analysis, kinesiology, physical therapy, sports science, and biomedical and rehabilitation engineering. It is also a valuable professional reference for scientists and engineers at medical and pharmaceutical companies involved in bioengineering research and development.

作者簡介

Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan, D.Sc., is a retired tenured professor of electrical and computer engineering with the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He received a Master of Engineering Sciences (Dipl. Ing) in Electrical Engineering and Cybernetics from the Technical University Otto-von-Guericke Magdeburg and the Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing) in Measurement and Control Engineering from the Technical University Berlin, both in Germany. He is a member of the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation, a Fellow of the Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC), a certified European Engineer of the FEANI (Eur Ing), and a Distinguished Member of the German Institution of Engineers, VDI. Professor Sarkodie-Gyan's areas of specialization are in technical cybernetics and systems science, measurement and instrumentation, automatic controls, experimental physiology, applied mathematics, artificial and computational intelligence, sensors (also biosensors), and biomedical engineering (human locomotor system).

He has held academic positions in higher education institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, South America, China, and the United States. He earned the title Reader in Cybernetics and Systems Science in the United Kingdom. He successfully supervised over twenty students for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in machine vision and pattern recognition, robotics, automatic controls, soft computing, and biomedical engineering. He has also served as an external examiner for Ph.D. candidates in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. He is the author of the book Neurorehabilitation Devices (McGraw Hill, 2005), has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, serves as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and is on the editorial boards of several high-impact peer-reviewed journals. He holds patents in Germany, the UnitedKingdom, and the United States.

Huiying Yu, Ph.D., is a lecturer in biological sciences and computer sciences at Dona Ana Community College at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. She received a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in biological sciences from Durham University, UK, a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Computational Biology from Cambridge University, UK, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering specializing in biomedical engineering (experimental design and analysis of the human musculoskeletal system) from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where she was also a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan, D.Sc.,是德州大學埃爾帕索分校(UTEP)工程學院的退休終身教授,專攻電機與計算機工程。他在德國的奧托-馮-古里基馬格德堡技術大學獲得電機工程與控制論的工程科學碩士學位(Dipl. Ing),並在柏林技術大學獲得測量與控制工程的工程科學博士學位(Dr.-Ing)。他是世界神經康復聯合會的成員,英國測量與控制學會(InstMC)的院士,歐洲工程師協會(FEANI)的認證歐洲工程師(Eur Ing),以及德國工程師協會(VDI)的傑出會員。Sarkodie-Gyan教授的專業領域包括技術控制論與系統科學、測量與儀器、自動控制、實驗生理學、應用數學、人工與計算智能、傳感器(包括生物傳感器)以及生物醫學工程(人類運動系統)。

他曾在德國、英國、南美洲、中國和美國的高等教育機構擔任學術職位。他在英國獲得控制論與系統科學的Reader稱號,成功指導超過二十名學生獲得機器視覺與模式識別、機器人、自動控制、軟計算和生物醫學工程的哲學博士(Ph.D.)學位。他還曾擔任英國、法國和美國的博士候選人外部考官。他是《神經康復設備》(McGraw Hill, 2005)一書的作者,並在同行評審的期刊上發表了大量文章,擔任美國國立衛生研究院(NIH)和國家科學基金會(NSF)的審稿人,並在幾本高影響力的同行評審期刊的編輯委員會中任職。他在德國、英國和美國擁有多項專利。

Huiying Yu, Ph.D.,是新墨西哥州立大學拉斯克魯塞斯的多納安娜社區學院生物科學與計算機科學的講師。她在英國達勒姆大學獲得生物科學的理學士(B.Sc.),在劍橋大學獲得計算生物學的哲學碩士(M.Phil.),並在德州大學埃爾帕索分校(UTEP)獲得專攻生物醫學工程(人類肌肉骨骼系統的實驗設計與分析)的電機與計算機工程哲學博士學位,期間她也在工業與系統工程系擔任博士後研究員和講師。