Title :
Developmental perspective: posture and movement control
Author :
Pelland, Lucie ; McKinley, Patricia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Occupational Therapy, McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Discusses two conflicting views of motor development, one based on the hierarchical theory (Forssberg, 1985) and the other on the dynamical system theory (Thelen, 1984). Based on experimental evidence on landing from a jump in normal and clumsy children, it is proposed that both points of view can be incorporated into a unified model that addresses concerns of both theories
Keywords :
biocontrol; biomechanics; mechanical variables control; clumsy children; jump; motor development; movement control; normal children; posture control; unified model; Electromyography; Kinematics; Knee; Laboratories; Medical treatment; Muscles; Pediatrics; Phylogeny; Shape; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579677
