Motor Control & Motor Learning (Exam 2) Flashcards
The ability to maintain and change posture and movement, is the result of a complex set of neurologic and mechanical processes.
Motor Control
Study of nature and cause of movement.
Motor Control
Performed with context of an environment. How do people walk?
Action
Essential to action and vice versa.
Perception
Attention, motivation, and emotional aspects that underlie the establishment of intent or goals.
Cognition
Need all 3 for the nature of MC.
Action, Perception, Cognition
Highest level of control.
Cortex
Basic unit of movement in the motor control model.
Reflexes
Equilibrium reactions
Cortex
Righting reactions
Midbrain
Postural tonic reflexes
Brainstem
Phasic primitive reflexes
Spinal Cord
Simplest reflexes, occur at the spinal cord level. Occur early in the life span of an infant.
Primitive Reflexes
Associated with the brain stem of the CNS. Produce changes in muscle tone and posture. Most of these reflexes are integrated by 4-6 months.
Tonic Reflexes
Complex postural responses that continue to be present in adulthood. Involve head and trunk; provide body with automatic way to respond to movement within and outside body’s BOS.
Righting and Equilibrium Reactions
Random movements. Example: Random movements.
Mobility
Maintenance of a posture. Example: Quadruped.
Stability
Movement with a posture. Example: Sit to stand.
Controlled Mobility
Movement from one posture to another. Example: Creeping or Walking
Skill
During the action, making changes right then.
Closed Loop
After the error is detected.
Open Loop
Learning new skill or relearning old skill as a whole activity.
Stage I: Cognition/Acquisition
Allowing patient to practice and self-correct is also important during this stage. Giving time to self-correct before offering feedback is important to learning.
Stage 1: Cognition/Acquisition
Patients can run the program with in specific environmental constraints. Decrease in error during activity. Less effort required for performance. Example: One surface
Stage 2: Associative/Refinement