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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHAN 6307 Principles of Movement and Motor Control


4 SCH. Course consists of sixty (60) hours scheduled over a 12 week period. This course addresses the multidisciplinary areas of neuroscience, motor control, psychology and aging. The emphasis of this course is analyzing information from evidence-based research to understand movement patterns and implications for therapeutic interventions. The course presents principles of human development for movement production from neonate through geriatric, as applied to physical, cognitive and psychosocial changes observed in movement control. Special emphasis is on examination and evaluation of gross motor skills in children and older adults, healthy and with specific pathologies that impact movement production and control. Neuromusculoskeletal changes are analyzed to determine the rate of change and patterns of development. Theories of normal and pathological aging are discussed as well as integration of physical, psychosocial and social issues of aging. Stages of development are also related to patients¿ motor learning strategies across the lifespan from infants to seniors. The course highlights current research tools, tests and measures that characterize or quantify posture, gait, locomotion, balance, and the initiation, modification and control of movement patterns during motor learning. Mechanisms of neural plasticity and their impact on patients¿ recovery of function are also addressed.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade