Lecture 4 Flashcards
Performance Outcome Measures
Measure outcome or results of performing a motor skill
- time to complete a task
- reaction time
- distance covered
- errors
- standardized functional tests
Performance Production Measures
measures the performance charcteristces that produced the outcome
- specific aspects of motor control sysytem
- velocity, acceleration, joint angle, force
- how nervous system is functioning (fmri, pet)
- how muscular system is function (emg)
Kinematics
the description of pure motion withou regard for forces and masses
describe movement of limbs and entire body
Components of kinematics
spatial & temporal
apraxia
loss of motor planning- person will understand your command but cannot generate motor plan to do that
Sptaila Planning Decifict Study
healthy control vs patient with parietal lobe stroke and apraxia
slice loaf of bread
apraxic person- pathway was circular, not in one plane of movment
control group= pathway was linear in saggital plane
Spatial planning deficits with command, object and tool study
patients with apraxia
Command- miming,
Object- just had bread, miming knife
Tool- knife no bread
Both- both bread and knife
Worked best with both object and tools
We can work to amerlioate difference in spatial planning if we give them actual real tools we want them to use
Constant Error
average magntidue of error in movement performance
takes direction into account
absolute error
measures magnitude but not direction
variable error
measures consistency or inconsistency of responses
discrete task
specific start and end point
continuous task
repetitive task
ex. gait
error for discrete tasks
- constant error
absolute error
variable error
error for continuous taks
root mean square error
root mean square error
measures both deviation and consistency
measures difference between target trajectory and actual trajectory over time
can be used to create a performance curve
simple reaction time
one stimulus, one repsonse
choice reaction
multiple stimuli, each has a specific response
discrimination
multiple stimuli but only respond to one type of stimuli
example- task to hit red everytime you see blue
both stimulated and inhibited