Mark L. Latash

31.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
456 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Mark L. Latash is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark L. Latash has authored 456 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 402 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 331 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 128 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Mark L. Latash's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (398 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (327 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (128 papers). Mark L. Latash is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (398 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (327 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (128 papers). Mark L. Latash collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and France. Mark L. Latash's co-authors include Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, John P. Scholz, Gregor Schöner, Alexander S. Aruin, Daniel M. Corcos, Frédéric Danion, Jae Kun Shim, Zong‐Ming Li, Gerald L. Gottlieb and Harm P. Slijper and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Physiology and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Mark L. Latash

450 papers receiving 20.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Motor Control Strategies Revealed in the Structure of Motor Variability

2002 618 citations Mark L. Latash et al. profile →
Toward a New Theory of Motor Synergies

2007 574 citations Mark L. Latash et al. profile →
Intrathecal Baclofen for Severe Spinal Spasticity

1989 537 citations Mark L. Latash et al. profile →
The bliss (not the problem) of motor abundance (not redundancy)

2012 436 citations Mark L. Latash Experimental Brain Research profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Two sources of performance-stabilizing synergies: An experimental exploration using finger force production 2025 ·Human Movement Science ·Valters Abolins, (unknown), Mark L. Latash	1
2	Brief History of the Uncontrolled Manifold Hypothesis and Its Role in Motor Control 2024 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Mark L. Latash	1
3	Force matching: motor effects that are not reported by the actor 2024 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Michal E. Pawlowski, (unknown), (unknown), Mark L. Latash	0
4	Multi-muscle synergies in preparation for gait initiation in Parkinson’s disease 2023 ·Clinical Neurophysiology ·Ali Falaki, Cristian Cuadra, Mechelle M. Lewis, Janina Manzieri Prado‐Rico, Xuemei Huang, Mark L. Latash	6
5	Synergies in the space of control variables within the equilibrium-point hypothesis 2015 ·Neuroscience ·Satyajit Ambike, Daniela Mattos, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Mark L. Latash	64
6	Finger force changes in the absence of visual feedback in patients with Parkinson’s disease 2015 ·Clinical Neurophysiology ·Hang Jin Jo, Satyajit Ambike, Mechelle M. Lewis, Xuemei Huang, Mark L. Latash	25
7	The nature of constant and cyclic force production: unintentional force-drift characteristics 2015 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Satyajit Ambike, Daniela Mattos, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Mark L. Latash	18
8	Impaired synergic control of posture in Parkinson's patients without postural instability 2015 ·Gait & Posture ·Ali Falaki, Xuemei Huang, Mechelle M. Lewis, Mark L. Latash	61
9	Postural sway and perceived comfort in pointing tasks 2014 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Stanisław Solnik, Nemanja Pažin, (unknown), David Α. Rosenbaum, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Mark L. Latash	4
10	Stability Control of Grasping Objects With Different Locations of Center of Mass and Rotational Inertia 2012 ·Journal of Motor Behavior ·(unknown), (unknown), Mark L. Latash, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky	9
11	Effects of olivo-ponto-cerebellar atrophy (OPCA) on finger interaction and coordination 2012 ·Clinical Neurophysiology ·Jaebum Park, Mechelle M. Lewis, Xuemei Huang, Mark L. Latash	55
12	Is Voluntary Control of Natural Postural Sway Possible? 2008 ·Journal of Motor Behavior ·Alessander Danna‐dos‐Santos, Adriana M. Degani, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Mark L. Latash	48
13	Multifinger Prehension: An Overview 2008 ·Journal of Motor Behavior ·Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Mark L. Latash	116
14	Similar Motion of a Hand-held Object may Trigger Nonsimilar Grip Force Adjustments 2007 ·Journal of Hand Therapy ·Fan Gao, Mark L. Latash, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky	6
15	Adjustments to Local Friction in Multifinger Prehension 2007 ·Journal of Motor Behavior ·Tomoko Aoki, Mark L. Latash, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky	24
16	Effects of age, disorder, and rehabilitation 2004 ·Human Kinetics eBooks ·Mark L. Latash, Mindy F. Levin	3
17	Prehension synergies: Effects of object geometry and prescribed torques 2003 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Feng Gao, Mark L. Latash	86
18	Bernstein's traditions in movement studies 1998 ·Human Kinetics eBooks ·Mark L. Latash	8
19	Control of human voluntary movement 1993 ·Mark L. Latash	2
20	Switching effects in the leg muscles. 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·V. S. Gurfinkel, Mark L. Latash	2

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