Stages of Motor Control Lab

Question 1

What are the 5 stages of motor control?

Answer 1

Mobility
Stability
Controlled-mobility
Static-dynamic
Skill

Question 2

What are the developmental positions that we discussed?

Answer 2

Prone on elbows
Sitting
Quadruped
Kneeling
Half Kneeling
Modified plantigrade
Standing

Question 3

What is mobility?

Answer 3

Presence of functional range of active movement needed to initiate and maintain motion, deficits may be due to tissue tightness, pain, poor motor planning etc.

Question 4

What is stability?

Answer 4

Ability to maintain a position or posture against gravity that requires muscle contraction around the joint through co-contraction, co-activation, or tonic holding in postural muscles

Question 5

What is controlled- mobility?

Answer 5

Refers to observable movement in closed chain activities, the BOS does not change instead weight is shifted throughout the BOS

Question 6

What is static-dynamic?

Answer 6

Refers to observable movement that changes the BOS of the position (ex. lifting a leg, lifting an arm)

Question 7

What is skill?

Answer 7

The ability to perform locomotion or manipulation from a developmental position (ex. locomotion= creeping from a quadruped position, manipulation= texting from a standing position)