KIN 3513 Chapter : Topic 5
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Motor control theory: describes and explains how the nervous system produces coordinated movement of motor skill in a variety of environments, two important terms, coordination, the degrees of freedom problem. Control systems (a part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses . Babe ruth: there are two basic systems of control, closed-loop control system, open-loop control system, a. closed-loop control system, 1. Closed-loop control (conscious: control of movement involving feedback and error detection and correction, loop completed from. Feedback (information about the state of the system) to. Compensation (unconscious closed-loop control: reflexes, involuntary, rapid responses to stimuli (not motor skill but can be part of motor skill, low level processes in spinal cord, m1 response (monosynaptic reflex) Brief, short distance (when your knee is hit: m2 response (functional stretch/long loop reflex . Larger emg force, longer duration: triggered reaction. Occurs 80-120 ms after added load (too fast to be voluntary)