KNES 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Alpha Motor Neuron, Motor Learning, Shoulder Joint
30 Nov 2016
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Neurophysiological perspective: the subsystems through which the nervous system (central and peripheral) controls and coordinates the musculoskeletal system. Functional perspective: the structures and processes through which we control body movements (i. e. , integration and regulation) theoretically based. What is a theory: a construct which helps us to understand phenomena, and the reasons why these phenomena exist or behave as they do. Should accurate describe a large number of observations. Must make predictions about results of future observations. Describes unobservable processes and can be applied to. Theory of motor control and learning observable events: understand and explain motor skill performance. Before we can understand theories of motor control and learning, we must understand problems that these theories must explain/solve: issues that arise in motor control and learning. Coordination may be viewed as the constraining of degrees of freedom (dof) The degrees of freedom in any system is the number of independent elements to be controlled.
