Motor Skill Teaching and Learning: Exam 1 Flashcards
Motor Learning
Acquisition of new skills w/ practice
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Permanent change in behavior
- experience + practice
- NOT attributable to aging
Motor learning in terms of older adult patients…
NOT learning NEW skills BUT…
relearning old skills w/ a damaged NS
Motor learning rule to live by….
Practice makes perfect
Specificity of training
Practice makes permanent and…
MORE practice gen’ly leads to better performance
learning====
memorizing new info or skills
2 type of memory:
- Declarative
- Procedural
Declarative Learning
can be _____ or _____ recalled
Knowledge that can be verbally or mentally recalled
Declarative memory involves what strx’s
Temporal lobe
Hippocampus
- Ex’s Declarative memory
- O/I/I/A
- FACTS
Procedural Memory —–Skill learning
tasks that can be performed W/OUT _______ or _______
tasks that can be performed w/out attention or conscious thought
Procedural memory involves what strx’s
Cb
portion of BG
- Ex’s Procedural Memory
- tie a tie
- walking
Remember these…
- Fundamental unit of therapy is the TASK
- All learning is GOAL-ORIENTED
- Motor Learning is NOT PASSIVE
- ExperienceandActive problem solving are necessary for learning to take place
fundamental unit of therapy
task
ALL learning is
Goal-oriented
Motor learning is NOT PASSIVE.
what is necessary for learning???
- Experience
- Active problem-solving
Focus of Motor learning interventions
pts engaged in repeated attemtps to produce
pts engaged in repeated attemtps to produce motor behaviors beyond their PRESENT capabiliites
HOW WILL THEY IMPROVE???
Practice?
continuing and repetitive effort to become proficient @ a skill
NOTE: PRACTICE NEEDS TO BE ACCURATE
Practice makes permanent
imperfect practice==imperfect results—-DON’T WANT THIS!!!
Practice must have…
PURPOSE
- most effective interventions===functional
- practice must incorp functional tasks into exercise
3 traditional stages of Motor Learning
- Cognitive
- Associative
- Autonomous
Stages of Motor Learning:
Cognitive
- UNDERSTAND task
- develop strategies
- HIGH deg of attn
Stages of Motor Learning:
Associative
- BEST strategy selected
- Skill refinement
Stages of Motor Learning
Autonomous
- Skill now automatic
- LOW deg attention
Attentional Demands w/ stages of motor learning:
LVL of attention DEC’s as you progress in stages
see pic
Cognitive stage of motor learning
what centers are active?
*developing strategies stage*
Association motor cortex
lang centers
Associate/Autonomous Stage motor learning
what centers are active?
*skill refinement and then skill becomes automatic*
BG
Motor cortex
Processes of motor learning
- acquisition
- retention
- generalizability
- Application in altered contexts
Process of motor learning
Skill Acquisition
ex. walking w/ crutches
- initial development of motor skill
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NOTE: skill acquisition is IMPOSSIBLE w/out practice ——–> USE THIS!!!
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Motor learning processes
Skill Retention
- REMEMBERING a motor skill
- will a skill learned in practice be retained in ALL environmental contexts???
Motor learning processes
Skill Generalizability
- positive influence that a prev practiced skill has on the learning of a new skill
- In what manner does a practiced skill generalize or transfer to other similar activities?
Motor learning processes
Altered contexts
Will this pt be able to perform same activity in different context?
EX. if you can do it in the clinic, can you now do it on sidewalk? On beach? In the street? Crosswalks??
Feedback
- Return of info TO the brain regarding the result of action of process
- feedback from your action
- Traditionally…
- feedback used in PT informs pt of HOW they performed or completed an activity
Feedback
Timing: 2 types
- Frequent
- Concurrent or Continuous
Frequent Timing Feedback
- Distracts or interferes w/ info processing
- bc now pt dependent on feedback
- NEGATIVELY impacts learning (see above)
Concurrent and Continuous Timing Feedback
- MOST effective for performance
- MAXIMIZE dependency
Intrinsic Feedback
Think “Inside”
generated from……
Pt’s sensory organs
Ex’s of Intrinsic Feedback
Proprio (jt. pos sense, mm tension, mvmt)
Tactile
Visual
Vestibular
Extrinsic Feedback
Think “outside”
provided by…..
some external source
- EX’s
- YOU
- Device
- Biofeedback
- balance master
- etc..
Feedback
Knowledge of Performance (KP)
Vs.
Knowledge of Results (KR)
Journal club entry—-REVIEW
Michael J. Majsak
Knowledge of Performance
KP
Feedback on _______
Execution
gives info on mvmt COMPONENTS
Knowledge of Performance Example:
feedback on execution
- Ex: goal to transfer from sit–> stand in less than 5s
- feedback on execution:
- insuff trunk flex
- incorrect sitting pos. @ initiation
- incorrect pos. of feet
- feedback on execution:
Knowledge of Results
KR
Feedback on _______
Outcome
*gives info about TASK COMPLETION
Knowledge of Results
Example
*info about task completion*
EX: goal to transfer from sit—> stand in less than 5s
- info about task completion
- successful completion of the transfer
- time to complete transfer
KP vs. KR
Simple Example:
you are watching someone don their shirt, and he/she puts it on backwards
- KP
- you did not turn the shirt around first before you put your head thru neck opening
- KR: better for LT learning!!!
- your shirt is on backwards
Immediate vs. Summary Feedback
exactly what they sound like!!!
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Immediate:
- given after EACH trial
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Summary:
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given after a NUMBER of trials
- “summarize results”
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given after a NUMBER of trials
Bandwidth Feedback
*provided when a certain lvl of accuracy is NOT achieved
ex. golf–> as long as ball lands w/in 5ft of hole
This type of feedback is MOST EFFECTIVE for long-term retention
Faded feedback
Early feedback should be:
in Cognitive phase of motor learning
- Frequent
- concurrent
Once performance improves….
Feedback should be:
- LESS freq, very brief
- focused on precision
- given in summary