The control of balance by the central nervous system is crucial to maintain our posture and perform efficiently our daily motor tasks. This control requires the development of dynamical phenomena sub-served by highly-coordinated patterns of muscle activation/deactivation disseminated throughout the whole-body and called “postural adjustments”. Establishing the interaction between balance control, locomotion and cognition has important clinical implication, especially in term of falls prevention, and will improve our knowledge on the underlying neural correlates. This Research Topic provides an up-to-date picture of the relationship between postural adjustments, body balance and motor performance in healthy (young and older adults) and pathological participants. It includes 36 contributions (1 editorial, 28 original articles, 4 reviews and 3 methods articles) which are separated into four sections: 1. Postural maintenance and multisensory integration, 2. Anticipatory postural adjustments associated with voluntary movement, 3. Postural adjustments associated with predictable and unpredictable external perturbation, 4. Gait assessment and rehabilitation in aging. Beside their basic interest of unveiling the mechanisms behind motor control, results from the investigations of this topic are relevant to develop new methods or tools to improve postural stability and motor performance, with applications in the fields of neurodegenerative conditions, rehabilitation, ergonomics and sports sciences.

Offers a practice-oriented road map to the assessment and treatment of patients with lesions of the central nervous system. This work serves as a clinical guide for physical and occupational therapists, for students and practitioners working with neurologically impaired adults, as well as trainers in physiotherapy in general.

This text provides balanced coverage of cardiac and pulmonary systems in health and dysfunction. It is based on the latest scientific research and sets the foundation for a strong A&P, assessment and intervention.

Substantially revised, the third edition of this widely used introduction to life span motor development is an outstanding textbook for students with little or no background in the movement sciences. The third edition reflects the most recent research findings and has been expanded to present topics from a new, unifying model of constraints approach.

Sect. 1. Background -- 1. Understanding Motor Development: An Overview -- 2. Models of Human Development -- 3. Factors Affecting Motor Development -- 4. Motor Development: A Theoretical Model -- Sect. 2. Infancy -- 5. Prenatal Factors Affecting Development -- 6. Prenatal and Infant Growth -- 7. Infant Reflexes and Rhythmical Stereotypes -- 8. Rudimentary Movement Abilities -- 9. Infant Perception -- Sect. 3. Childhood -- 10. Childhood Growth and Development -- 11. Fundamental Movement Abilities -- 12. Physical Development of Children -- 13. Childhood Perception and Perceptual-Motor Development -- 14. Childhood Self-Concept Development -- Sect. 4. Adolescence -- 15. Adolescent Growth, Puberty, and Reproductive Maturity -- 16. Specialized Movement Abilities -- 17. Physical Development of Adolescents -- 18. Adolescent Socialization -- Sect. 5. Adulthood -- 19. Physiological Changes in Adults -- 20. Motor Performance in Adults -- 21. Psychosocial Development in Adults -- Sect. 6. Programming -- 22. Developmental Physical Activity: A Curricular Model -- 23. Assessing Motor Behavior.