9 papers
A General Optimal Control Model of Human Movement Patterns II: Rapid, Targeted Hand Movements (Fitts Law)
Stuart Hagler
Rapid, targeted hand movements exhibit a regular movement pattern described by Fitts law. We develop a model of these movements in which this movement pattern results from an optim…
A General Optimal Control Model of Human Movement Patterns I: Walking Gait
Stuart Hagler
The biomechanics of the human body gives subjects a high degree of freedom in how they can execute movement. Nevertheless, subjects exhibit regularity in their movement patterns. O…
Patterns of Selection of Human Movements IV: Energy Efficiency, Mechanical Advantage, and Asynchronous Arm-Cranking
Stuart Hagler
Human movements are physical processes combining the classical mechanics of the human body moving in space and the biomechanics of the muscles generating the forces acting on the b…
Patterns of Selection of Human Movements III: Energy Efficiency, Mechanical Advantage, and Walking Gait
Stuart Hagler
Human movements are physical processes combining the classical mechanics of the human body moving in space and the biomechanics of the muscles generating the forces acting on the b…
Patterns of Selection of Human Movements II: Movement Limits, Mechanical Energy, and Very Slow Walking Gaits
Stuart Hagler
The biomechanics of the human body allow humans a range of possible ways of executing movements to attain specific goals. This range of movement is limited by a number of mechanica…
Patterns of Selection of Human Movements I: Movement Utility, Metabolic Energy, and Normal Walking Gaits
Stuart Hagler
The biomechanics of the human body allow humans a range of possible ways of executing movements to attain specific goals. Nevertheless, humans exhibit significant patterns in how t…