Ben Sidaway – Advances in Motor Control and Learning for Neurological Rehab

Therapists in many rehabilitation settings are challenged with how to best teach motor skills to patients. Pediatric settings face the challenge of optimizing the learning process. in neurologic and geriatric settings

Ben Sidaway – Advances in Motor Control and Learning for Neurological Rehab

MODELS FOR MOTOR CONTROL

• Reflex models
• Control of peripheral devices
• Spinal control
• Hierarchical and information processing models
• The role of cognition
• Motor Programmes
• Mass-spring models
• Dynamics systems and Models that are ecological
• The degree of freedom problem

CASE STUDIES

• Spastic gait treatment in Children with cerebral palsy
• Gait onset in Children

APPROACHES TO NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION

• Facilitation strategies
• Manual guidance
• Current motor control approaches
• Bimanual coordination

CASE STUDIES

• Asymmetric weight should be treated-Bearing in Patients with hemiparesis
• Improvement of performance in hemipareticlimbs
• Improving Parkinsonian gait
• Treadmill training in Gait for Down syndrome
• Treadmill training for Patients with neurologic injuries
• Motor coordination improvement in Patients suffering from stroke

MOTOR LEARNING ANALYSIS

• Acquisition
• Retention
• Transfer
• Dual-Task

TRANSFER OF LEARNING VS. PRACTICE SPECIFICITY

PART-WHOLE PRACTICE TECHNIQUES

STUCTURING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

• Modeling
• Verbal cues and Instructions
• Feedback
• Contextual interference
• Spacing of treatment
• Mental practice
• Motivation and goal setting

CASE STUDIES

• Improving motor skills in patients with Parkinson’s disease
• Dorsiflexion strengthening for foot drop

PERCEPTION-ACTION COUPLING

• Optic flow: What is its role?
• Perspective control
• Affordable Housing

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Description:

Therapists in many rehabilitation settings are challenged with how to best teach motor skills to patients. Pediatric settings face the challenge of optimizing the learning process. in neurologic and Geriatric therapy therapists focus mainly on the correction of inappropriate motor behavior. and The re-Motor skills are learned.

Motor skill impairments are a problem that therapists must accurately diagnose in order to be successful and Then, design treatment strategies that promote learning and reintegration.-Motor skills are learned. In today’s fast paced health care environment, therapists must be adept in To promote learning, you need to structure the environment. and longest lasting changes in a patient’s motor skills.

You will be examining current theoretical developments in this course. and Perspectives from an applied perspective in The motor control field and Learning and We will be discussing their implications for Therapeutic evaluation and treatment. Discussions will focus on the behavioral level. and Compare and contrast information processing and Dynamic systems models in understanding normal and Motor behavior that is pathological in humans. Implications for Both approaches can be used to treat patients.

You will constructively critique current assumptions that underpin motor control rehabilitation and Discuss how theoretical frameworks can bias evaluation and Treatment options An understanding of the past and Motor control: Current approaches and You will learn how to design your own treatment strategies to maximize functional outcomes. in Each patient.