KAAP428 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Motor Program, Central Pattern Generator, Peripheral Neuropathy

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Kinesiology & Appl Physiology
• Course: KAAP428
• Professor: adammarmon

Document Summary

This open loop structure has two of the main features used in closed-loop control but missing are feedback and comparator mechanisms for determining system errors. Open loop control begins with input about the desired state being given to the executive (or decision-making) level, whose task it is to define what action needs to be taken. The executive then passes instructions to the effector level, which is responsible for carrying out these instructions. The executive level, which consists of the decision-making stages of the system evaluates the environment in the stimulus identification stage, processing such information as the speed and direction of the ball. The decision about whether or not to swing is made in the response selection stage. Then, the movements is programmed and initiated in the movement programming stage, in which details about the swing"s speed, trajectory and timing are determined: control is then passed to the effector level for movement execution.