KP161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Water Skiing, Motor Program
7 Apr 2016
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Take into consideration the amount of movement possible. We have all these possibilities for action. In order to produce something, we have synergies (groups of muscles that work together) Process of organizing a system"s available degrees of freedom into a efficient movement pattern to achieve a specific goal. How do we have 12 degrees of freedom but always choose the same pattern to proceed with one specific movement. The amount of force you need or the direction you need to move (reaching or grasping can be done with little or a lot of force. Coordination for picking up a heavy vs light cup is the same but the control is different because you need to lift for if you pick up the heavy cup. Gymnastics/ballet can manipulate the perception of control (making something hella hard look super easy) To perform a skill we need to coordinate the muscles and control how we use them.
