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Neuromuscular performance can be regarded as the ability of the neuromuscular system to functionally control and drive movements by an appropriate integration, coordination and use of sensory feedback, reflex activity, central motor drive, muscle recruitment pattern, muscular excitation-contraction coupling and energy availability. This ability, for instance, enables the human organism to maintain stability and posture within the gravitational field in static and dynamic situations, to generate an appropriate amount of force necessary to solve a given motor task successfully or to co-ordinate limb movements in order to protect body structures and to avoid tissue damage. It is widely accepted within the scientific community that a well-developed capacity of the neuromuscular system is highly relevant for fitness and health during the whole lifespan. In early years, the appropriate development of the neuromuscular capacity supports the acquisition of basic movement and motor skills and, thus, contributes to sports competency. In this regard, a high neuromuscular performance may lead children and adolescents into an active and sportive lifestyle. Furthermore, the capacity of the neuromuscular system is fundamental to achieve peak sports performance in late adolescence and young adulthood. In this regard, there is also convincing evidence that injury risk can be reduced by appropriate exercise interventions targeting particularly the neuromuscular system. During later stages of life, a well-trained neuromuscular capacity enables people to stay active and healthy as well as maintaining the ability to fulfil the job requirements. In elderly people, neuromuscular fitness may minimize the risk of falling. During the later stages of life, the capacity of the neuromuscular system remains relevant to deal with the demands of daily life and, thus, to stay mobile and independent as long as possible. Although the relevance of neuromuscular performance is widely recognized, there is a large diversity in assessment methods and potentially efficacious exercise interventions. Whereas the aerobic capacity or muscular strength are very similarly assessed from childhood to older age, for instance, by conducting a VO2 max or one-repetition maximum test, respectively, there is no such uniform assessment method for neuromuscular performance measures. The diversity of assessment methods is at least partly reflected by a large heterogeneity of intervention approaches. This phenomenon might be attributed to an anticipated task-specificity of neuromuscular co-ordination and adaptations. A valid comparison of neuromuscular performance during different stages of the lifespan is therefore difficult.

Science: general issues --- Physiology --- sensorimotor --- strength --- balance --- postural control --- gait --- power --- motor co-ordination

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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

self-motion --- vestibular system --- vestibular rehabilitation --- postural control --- visual vertical --- depersonalization and derealization --- dizziness and vertigo --- nystagmus

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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

Medicine --- Neurology & clinical neurophysiology --- self-motion --- vestibular system --- vestibular rehabilitation --- postural control --- visual vertical --- depersonalization and derealization --- dizziness and vertigo --- nystagmus

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Postural Balance. --- Locomotion. --- Posture. --- Vestibule, Labyrinth --- Visual Perception --- 612.8 --- physiology. --- Zenuwstelsel. Zintuigen. Motorische neurowetenschappen --- Seated Position --- Sitting Position --- Standing Position --- Position, Seated --- Position, Sitting --- Position, Standing --- Positions, Seated --- Positions, Sitting --- Positions, Standing --- Postures --- Seated Positions --- Sitting Positions --- Standing Positions --- Hypotension, Orthostatic --- Kinesics --- Patient Positioning --- Locomotor Activity --- Activities, Locomotor --- Activity, Locomotor --- Locomotor Activities --- Balance, Postural --- Musculoskeletal Equilibrium --- Postural Equilibrium --- Equilibrium, Musculoskeletal --- Equilibrium, Postural --- Posture --- Congresses --- Vestibular apparatus --- Physiology --- Visual perception --- Equilibrium (Physiology) --- Postural Control --- Posture Balance --- Posture Control --- Posture Equilibrium --- Balance, Posture --- Control, Postural --- Control, Posture --- Equilibrium, Posture --- Postural Controls --- Posture Balances --- Posture Controls --- Posture Equilibriums --- Postural Balance --- Locomotion --- physiology

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This book disseminates the latest research achievements, findings, and ideas in the robotics field, with particular attention to the Italian scenario. Book coverage includes topics that are related to the theory, design, practice, and applications of robots, such as robot design and kinematics, dynamics of robots and multi-body systems, linkages and manipulators, control of robotic systems, trajectory planning and optimization, innovative robots and applications, industrial robotics, collaborative robotics, medical robotics, assistive robotics, and service robotics. Book contributions include, but are not limited to, revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers that have been presented at the 2nd International Conference of IFToMM Italy (IFIT 2018).

History of engineering & technology --- robotic hands --- grasping --- electric power quality --- voltage dips effects --- parallel kinematic architecture --- agonist-antagonist variable-stiffness actuator --- tendon-driven mechanism --- stiffness analysis --- planar movements --- mobile robot --- climbing robot --- wheeled robot --- magnetic adhesion --- tactile sensors --- manipulation task --- assembly robot --- social robots --- behavioral models --- assistive robotics --- cognitive architectures --- empathy --- human-robot interaction --- industrial exoskeleton design --- industrial exoskeleton control --- human-robot collaboration --- optimal control --- empowering fuzzy control --- hopper --- optimization --- sequencing --- kitting --- H-FAS --- robot --- compliance --- machining --- modal testing --- Mozzi axis --- biped robotics --- exoskeletons --- postural equilibrium --- zero moment point --- inverted pendulum --- robust control --- exoskeleton --- haptics --- rehabilitation --- postural control --- postural balance --- multi-chain dynamical systems --- ankle impedance --- kinematic performance --- pediAnklebot --- robotics --- measurements --- collaborative robotics --- cobots --- human–robot interaction --- literature review --- robot motion --- redundancy --- trajectory optimization --- Dijkstra algorithm --- graph --- wearable robots --- underactuated robots --- robotic manipulation --- n/a