Motor Learning Flashcards
3 Different Stages of Motor Learning
- Cognitive Stage
- Associative Stage
- Autonomous Stage
Cognitive Stage
Cognitive=Thinking about it the most
- What do I do?
- “Trial and Error” stage with several
mistakes and the lack of coordination.
- Patient NEEDS visual cues.
- Demonstrating the task is most effective
- Cognitive demands are high
- High frustration potential
*Questions like: “Pt is being instructed…” means they are in the cognitive stage. They need DEMONSTRATION
Associative Stage
- How do I do it?
- Known as the “practice or
adjustment phase”
- Patient needs to FEEL IT
- kinesthetic learning
(proprioception), intrinsic and
extrinsic feedback
Autonomous Stage
- How Do I Master It
- Known as the “fine-tuning phase”
- Patient able to self-correct and
movements are habitual with little
cognitive efforts
What is Retention?
• Ability of the learner to
demonstrate skill over time
after a period of NO practice
What is Acquisition?
• Ability of the learner to
demonstrate the skill
What are the two different types of feedback?
Internal (Inherent) and External (Augmented)
What subcategories are a part of the two feedbacks?
- Internal (Inherent)-
- Proprioception
- Visual
- Vestibular
- Cutaneous (stretching)
- External feedback-
(Augmented)
- Visual
- Auditory
- Tactile (touching)
What is Knowledge of Results?
Feedback given about the end result
related to a goal that was set.
Wheelchair to edge of bed (EOB)
transfer within 5 seconds using
stand-pivot transfer (GOAL)
• “Mr. Larry that took us 6.5 seconds
to complete that transfer”
(FEEDBACK)
*Like a time in a swim meet
Knowledge of Results-Bandwidth
Feedback given only when performance
deviates outside of pre-determined error
ranges
Example
• While ambulating, patient rotates trunk
to wrong side when taking a step.
• Not an acceptable error as it
creates a bad movement pattern
and increased risk for falls.
*“Stay within your bandwidth”
What is Knowledge of Performance?
• Feedback given about the quality of the
movements produced DURING the
performance.
Example
• The task is to perform 10 sit to stand
transfers (GOAL)
• Mr. Larry you are doing the sit to stand
transfers correctly, but I noticed that you
attempting to stand straight up without
any momentum. We can improve your
sit to stand speed by making sure that
you use momentum by bringing your
“nose over your toes”
How do we prescribe practice?
- Practice time
- Variability of
practice
- Practice Order
- Practice
Environment
• Part to whole
practice
Practice Time-What is massed practice?
- Rest time < Practice time
- Fatigue
- Decreased performance
- Risk of injury
Practice Time-What is distributed practice?
- Rest time >/= Practice time
- Slower acquisition but significant retention
*Better for people with PD or neurological pathologies that fatigue easily
Practice Variability-Blocked Practice
- Performing only the one task
- Example, WC to EOB only, over and over
- Benefits
- Superior skill acquisition / better initial
performance