Definitions
Motor Control Theories
Motor Learning Theories
Learning, Practice & Feedback
Potpourri
100

Hallmarks of efficient movement

Variability and adaptability

100

This theory of motor control does not explain movements that occur without a stimulus or that occur to fast for meaningful feedback

Reflex theory of motor control
100

This motor learning theory is based on the systems and ecological motor control theories; coordination bw perception and action is consistent w task and environmental constraints

Ecological theory

100

This type of learning is reflexive, habitual and automatic. The learner demonstrates their learning

Implicit (non declarative)

100

What type of practice occurs when teaching rolling supine > prone by first practicing supine > SL

Parts practice

200

Interaction from which movement emerges

Between individual, task and environment

200

This theory emphasizes that motor control evolves to meet the demands of the environment; actions require perceptions of environmental factors

Ecological theory

200

This theory emphasizes controlling degrees of freedom; it defines 3 stages of motor learning (novice, advanced and expert) during which increasing release of degrees of freedom occurs

Bernstein's 3 Stage Approach to Motor Learning

200

For this method of practice, there is more practice time relative to rest time

Massed practice

200

In this type of learning the PT must engage these 3 factors: the characteristics of learner, the task (difficulty) and the environment

OPTIMAL

300

Provides information about the environment and helps regulate movement

Sensory and perception

300
Motor control emerges from reflexes organized in a hierarchical order in the CNS; top-down organization

Hierarchical theory

300

The principles of this theory include: 

- use it or lose it

- use it and improve it

- repetition, intensity & specificity matter

- age and salience matter

neural plasticity

300

In this type of learning, the learner is able to consciously recall and describe how to complete a task

Explicit (declarative learning)

300

In this theory of motor control, variability is essential to optimal function. It emphasizes the cooperative work of various systems to achieve movement

systems theory

400

Most important factor for learning to be successful

Motivation

400

In the development of postural control secondary to visual input, according to data validated via the Sensory Organizational Test, a child this age begins to demonstrate postural response to a looming visual stimulus

5 months
400
This theory uses recall schema - predicted motor responses that are refined, and recognition schema - sensory (error) information that guides movement

Schmidt's Schema Theory

400

When rest time exceeds practice time, conserving energy

Distributed practice

400

This 2-stage theory of motor learning describes moving from crude and inefficient results in the initial stage to consistent and efficient results in the later stage

Gentile stages of learning

500

These movements have no inherent end point

Continuous

500

In this theory, the whole body is considered a mechanical system in which motor control develops via the interplay of intrinsic and extrinsic forces

systems theory

500

In the 3rd autonomous stage of this learning theory, the learner is nearing automaticity, can multitask, and is independent 

Fitts & Posner 3-stage model of motor learning

500

This type of feedback may overwhelm the learner and impair motor learning, especially in the beginning stages of learning

knowledge of performance

500

A stimulus or CPG (Central Program Generator) activates a motor response and sensory input modulates it. It explains why abnormal movement occurs

motor program theory