Motor Control and Learning

Code School Level Credits Semesters
PHRS4026 Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences 4 20 Spring UK
Code
PHRS4026
School
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
Level
4
Credits
20
Semesters
Spring UK

Summary

This course considers:  

Motor control; theories and implications  

Motor learning and recovery of function  

Systems theory  

Neural correlates of motor control and learning  

Pathological constraints on motor control 

Optimising motor learning  

Functional human movements  

Target Students

Physiotherapists with a BSc degree interested in studying the nature of movement, how movement is controlled and motor control problems producing functional movement disorders.

Classes

The content will be delivered though lectures, seminars, and workshops as well as practical sessions.

Assessment

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

This course aims to provide an overview of the current knowledge of how functional movement is produced and organised by the individual. Current theories of motor control, motor learning, and compensation and recovery after neurological insult will be introduced and discussed. Normal and abnormal control processes as they relate to functional movements in health and disease will also be introduced and discussed. The course will enable students to incorporate the foundations of best research evidence, informed practice, rehabilitation science, and motor control and learning theories applicable to rehabilitation of movement.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate a critical awareness and systematic evolution of motor control theories as they relate to the production and organization of functional movements in health and disease.

Demonstrate a critical awareness and systematic evolution of motor learning and discuss the similarities and differences between, learning, performance, and recovery of function.

Critically evaluate current research and advanced scholarship in body structures and functions that contribute to the control and learning of functional movements.

Discuss how factors related to the individual, the task, and the environment affect the organization, control, and learning of functional movements.

Discuss the utility and limitations of a problem-solving approach to the evaluation and management of motor control impairments resulting from neurological disorders.

Demonstrate originality and criticality in the application of knowledge and techniques to create and interpret knowledge in areas of motor control and motor learning within the context of rehabilitation of movement.

Conveners

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Last updated 07/01/2025.