Motor Control Brainscape Flashcards
What is the Field of Motor Control?
Study of the nature of movement and how movement is controlled.
What is Motor Control?
The ability tregulate or direct the mechanisms
essential tmovement. Movement arises from interaction of all multiple processes, including those related tperception, cognition, and action
Stablizing in Space
Posture and Balance
Movement in Space
Walking, Reaching
Benefits Systems Theory
Predicts behavior better as it considers muscle & skeletal systems, gravity and inertia, and nervous system and sensory system.
Limitation of Systems Theory
Does not consider the environment as part of the system.
Clinical Implication of Systems Theory
- Movement nervous system activty filtered through biomech system of body. 2. Must look at nervous and muscoloskeletal system tunderstand loss of Motor Cont. and how ttreat it. 3. Interventions must focus on interactions of impairments across multiple systems.
Movement Arises From…
Interaction between multiple processes, including perceptual, cognitive and motor processes within individual AND interactions between individual, task, and environment.
Within in individual, movement arises from…
interaction of MULTIPLE processes, including those that are related tperception, cognition, and action
Cognitive Processes Include
Attention, motivation, and emotional aspects of motor control that underlie the establishment of intent or goals.
Motor Control
The ability tregulate or direct the mechanisms essential tmovement. Perception, cognition, arousal, sensation, flexibility, strength, tone, pattern of movement
Motor Control Requires
Movement requires intent, cognitive processes are essential tmotor control.
Motor control includes perception and action systems that are organized tachieve specific goals,
Study of motor control MUST include the study of cognitive processes as they relate tperception and action
Classification of Tasks Stability Mobility
BOS moving/Non-moving
Classification of Tasks Organization
Discrete, continuous, serialrecognizable beginning and end?
Classification of Motor Cognitive Elements
Primary determinant of movement success – quality of movement or decision about which movement tmake?
Classifications of Tasks Motor-Cognitive Elements-Inter-trial Variability
Brush teethlow
Drink from various cupshigh
Step on tescalatornot much
Catch a ballhigh
Open Task Constraint on Movement
Variability and Flexible
Changing environment
Greater difficulty tplan movement
Increase demand on information processing systems