Lecture One : Motor Control

Question 1

What is Motor Control

Answer 1

The ability to regulate or direct mechanisms essential to movement

Question 2

What is Motor Learning

Answer 2

The study of the acquisition and/or modification of skilled action

Question 3

What is the movement system made of ?

Answer 3

Endocrine,Nervous, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Integumentary, Musculoskeletal Systems

Question 4

Movement Analysis is needed for examinations of

Answer 4

Different Diagnosis/types of patients
Different Ages
Different Task/Activities
Different Settings
Examination/evaluation: Interpretation of typical vs. atypical
Interventions: Ability to train or retrain appropriate movement to maximize function, minimize impairments, maximize participation for increase quality of life(Qol)

Question 5

Task Oriented Approach considers?

Answer 5

Context - The person and the Environment

Question 6

Task Oriented Approach Includes

Answer 6

1. Examination of functional activities and participation to determine issues
2. Description of strategies used by individual to accomplish activities
3. Measurement of impairments to body structure & function (BSF) that affect/limit performance of activities

Question 7

Examination of Motor Control

Answer 7

Performance of Activities/task. Which is the measurement of capacity, performance, BSF, activity, and participation examination

Question 8

Capacity

Answer 8

Optimal performance in standard environment

- What they are able to do

Question 9

Performance

Answer 9

Measurement of performance in actual environments

- What they actually do

Question 10

BSF, activity, and participation examination

Answer 10

Test and measures: WHAT the person can do ( performance)
vs
Task analysis : HOW the person does it ( strategies)

Question 11

Task Analysis

Answer 11

Examination of Strategy used to accomplish movement- qualitative description
Strategy Examination: Movement pattern used
Use of Sensory Cues
Use of attention
all the efficiency of movement

Question 12

Evaluation/ Assessment

Answer 12

Hypothesize- which BFS impairment may constrain function

• Motor: Muscle tone, ROM, Strength Deficits
• Sensory: Pain, tactile, vestibular, perception
• Cognition : attention, motivation, interpretation
• Multisystem : posture ,balance, gait

Question 13

Question to ask when do a task analysis ?

Answer 13

If patient has limitation in ablity to perform task/activity

• What is the patients performance of the task?
• What movement strategy is used to complete the task/
• What impairment in BSF maybe limiting performance?