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Review of motor control and motor learning
— implications for occupational therapy with individuals with Parkinson's disease | | Author(s) | Diane W Tse, Sandi J Spaulding |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 15, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 19-38 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Parkinson's disease ; Learning capacity ; Mental speed ; Performance ; Occupational therapy ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder which primarily affects older individuals and their ability to engage in daily occupations. Occupational therapists are actively involved in the training and retraining of functional motor skills in this population. Motor control theories may assist clinicians in understanding the movement difficulties experienced by these individuals. Motor learning principles may be implemented to facilitate the learning of adaptive skills and/or previous motor tasks. Both motor control and motor learning research findings may influence occupational therapy treatment approaches for the rehabilitation of this population. The purpose of this Canadian paper is to review current knowledge in the areas of motor control and motor learning, discuss this knowledge as it applies to Parkinson's disease, and integrate this information into occupational therapy treatment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980903218 A |
| Classmark | CR6: DE: DG: 5H: LOH: 7S |
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