Motor Control Exam 1-Graded A
Motor control - correct answer-The ability to regulate or direct the mechanisms essential
to movement
Motor control - correct answer-Studies the nature of movement and how movement is
controlled
Motor control - correct answer-Addresses a number of questions: the central nervous
system's coordination, sensory information from the environment and body, how are
perception influences our movement
The goal of PT intervention - correct answer-To provide the best possible care to
change movements and increase the capacity to move
3 constraints of movement - correct answer-Task, individual, environment
3 constraints of individual - correct answer-Perception, cognition, action
3 constraints of task - correct answer-Mobility, stability, manipulation
2 constraints of environment - correct answer-Regulatory, nonregulatory
discrete task - correct answer-Has a clear beginning and end example kicking a ball
Continuous task - correct answer-Does not have a clear end an example walking
Stability factor of task - correct answer-A nonmoving base of support
Mobility factor of task - correct answer-Moving base of support
Manipulation of task - correct answer-Addition of tasks to increase demand
Variability of task - correct answer-Having a predictable or unpredictable environment
Open movement - correct answer-changing environment that is unpredictable
Closed movement - correct answer-predictable environment with little variation
Functional categories - correct answer-The grouping of tasks: bed mobility tasks,
transfer tasks, ADLs
, Categories of attributes to neural control - correct answer-Discrete tasks and continuous
tasks
Taxonomy of tasks - correct answer-A hierarchy of progressions that usually start with a
stable and closed environment and progress to mobile open environment
Action of an individual - correct answer-Motor output from the CNS to muscles in
coordinated and functional movement
Perception of an individual - correct answer-Integration of sensory information into
meaningful interpretation
Cognition of individual - correct answer-Attention, motivation, emotion underlying intent
or goals
Regulatory environmental constraints - correct answer-Features of the environment
must be conform to; icy surface
Non-regulatory environmental constraints - correct answer-Features of the environment
that may affect performance but does not need to be conform to; background noise and
distractions
Theory of motor control - correct answer-A group of abstract ideas about the control of
movement
Theory - correct answer-A set of interconnected statements that describe unobservable
structures or processes and relate them to each other and to observable events
Theories provide - correct answer-A framework for interpreting behavior (predicting
behavior), guide for clinical action, new ideas, and working hypotheses for
examination/intervention
Reflex theory - correct answer-The basis of movement consist of a receptor, conductor,
and effector; sensory stimulus will create reflexes that compound into complex
movements
Limitations of reflex theory - correct answer-Cannot explain voluntary or spontaneous
movements, movement that occurs in the absence of sensory stimulus, or movement
that occurs too rapidly to allow sensory feedback
Clinical implications of reflex theory - correct answer-Testing reflex should allow
therapist to predict function
Hierarchical theory - correct answer-Higher levels exert control over lower levels; motor
control emerges from reflexes that are nested within hierarchal he organize levels of the
CNS
Motor control - correct answer-The ability to regulate or direct the mechanisms essential
to movement
Motor control - correct answer-Studies the nature of movement and how movement is
controlled
Motor control - correct answer-Addresses a number of questions: the central nervous
system's coordination, sensory information from the environment and body, how are
perception influences our movement
The goal of PT intervention - correct answer-To provide the best possible care to
change movements and increase the capacity to move
3 constraints of movement - correct answer-Task, individual, environment
3 constraints of individual - correct answer-Perception, cognition, action
3 constraints of task - correct answer-Mobility, stability, manipulation
2 constraints of environment - correct answer-Regulatory, nonregulatory
discrete task - correct answer-Has a clear beginning and end example kicking a ball
Continuous task - correct answer-Does not have a clear end an example walking
Stability factor of task - correct answer-A nonmoving base of support
Mobility factor of task - correct answer-Moving base of support
Manipulation of task - correct answer-Addition of tasks to increase demand
Variability of task - correct answer-Having a predictable or unpredictable environment
Open movement - correct answer-changing environment that is unpredictable
Closed movement - correct answer-predictable environment with little variation
Functional categories - correct answer-The grouping of tasks: bed mobility tasks,
transfer tasks, ADLs
, Categories of attributes to neural control - correct answer-Discrete tasks and continuous
tasks
Taxonomy of tasks - correct answer-A hierarchy of progressions that usually start with a
stable and closed environment and progress to mobile open environment
Action of an individual - correct answer-Motor output from the CNS to muscles in
coordinated and functional movement
Perception of an individual - correct answer-Integration of sensory information into
meaningful interpretation
Cognition of individual - correct answer-Attention, motivation, emotion underlying intent
or goals
Regulatory environmental constraints - correct answer-Features of the environment
must be conform to; icy surface
Non-regulatory environmental constraints - correct answer-Features of the environment
that may affect performance but does not need to be conform to; background noise and
distractions
Theory of motor control - correct answer-A group of abstract ideas about the control of
movement
Theory - correct answer-A set of interconnected statements that describe unobservable
structures or processes and relate them to each other and to observable events
Theories provide - correct answer-A framework for interpreting behavior (predicting
behavior), guide for clinical action, new ideas, and working hypotheses for
examination/intervention
Reflex theory - correct answer-The basis of movement consist of a receptor, conductor,
and effector; sensory stimulus will create reflexes that compound into complex
movements
Limitations of reflex theory - correct answer-Cannot explain voluntary or spontaneous
movements, movement that occurs in the absence of sensory stimulus, or movement
that occurs too rapidly to allow sensory feedback
Clinical implications of reflex theory - correct answer-Testing reflex should allow
therapist to predict function
Hierarchical theory - correct answer-Higher levels exert control over lower levels; motor
control emerges from reflexes that are nested within hierarchal he organize levels of the
CNS
