title: The Hand: Shall We Ever Understand How it Works?
abstract: The target article presents a review of the neural control of the human hand. The review emphasizes the physical approach to motor control. It focuses on such concepts as equilibrium-point control, control with referent body configurations, uncontrolled manifold hypothesis, principle of abundance, hierarchical control, multidigit synergies, and anticipatory synergy adjustments. Changes in aspects of the hand neural control with age and neurological disorder are discussed. The target article is followed by six commentaries written by Alexander Aruin, Kelly Cole, Monica Perez, Robert Sainburg, Marco Sanello, and Wei Zhang.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Latash
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology