Producing Voluntary Movement Flashcards
Discrete Movement
acute movement (ex. kicking a ball/flipping a light switch)
Sequential Movement
combination of acute movements (ex. brushing teeth/writing)
Continuous Movement
movement without an end point (ex. itching or walking)
Reflex Theory
reflexes combined into greater actions that constitute behavior (tendon tap stretches m. and message moves to spinal cord then moves back and provides reflex)
Hierarchical Theory
Each successively higher level in the nervous system exerts control over the level below it
Motor Program Theory
A central motor pattern can generate movement
Systems Theory
The body is a mechanical system with mass and is subject to external forces and internal forces.
Control of movement is generated throughout the system
Dynamical Action Theory
When a system of individual parts come together; parts behave collectively in an ordered way.
Movement emerges as a result of interacting elements without specific commands
Ecological Theory
Motor control movement evolves to cope with the environment
Motor Learning
The study of the manner in which we learn the movement
Reflex-Hierarchical Theory
Top down and bottom up control; reflexes are one of many ways to generate movement.
Degrees of Freedom
Options; CNS coordinates in time and space different joints on different planes
Feedforward control
when you know the movement and plan ahead
Feedback control
Sensory signal goes back and changes plan
