Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Central Nervous System, Cerebral Cortex, Upper Motor Neuron Lesion

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1080A/B
• Professor: Caitlin Gillen

Document Summary

Measuring motor behaviour: performance outcome, describing the movement, measuring activity of the central nervous system (cns) 2- describing the movement: qualitative description, movement kinematics that task/skill. Can use this to create improvements in movement. Learning tool use someone else"s video that breaks down the movement for. Branch of mechanics describing (cid:494)pure(cid:495) motion: how far, how fast, helps describe movement in a measurable way. The spatial position of effector (example the arm) during movement: distance. The rate of change of an objects position (example the arm) with respect to time. Use these to determine if a movement is efficient/effective movement will be fluid. The change in velocity of an object during the movement. 5 different starting locations and 5 different targets. As the target gets further away, the individual makes a longer movement: displacement increases as the target gets further away. Each of the 5 lines is reflective of the 5 different target types.