Motor Control Translating Research into Clinical Practice

by Shumway-Cook, Anne; Woollacott, Marjorie H.

• ISBN13: 9780781766913
• ISBN10: 0781766915
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-31
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Motor Control is the only text to bridge the gap between current motor control research and its applications to clinical practice. The text prepares therapists to examine and treat patients with problems related to balance, mobility, and upper extremity function, based on the best available evidence supporting clinical practice. The Third Edition features a new two-color design with an updated art program. This edition provides the latest research findings and their clinical applications in postural control, mobility, and upper extremity function. Drawings, charts, tables, and photographs are also included to clarify postural control and functional mobility, and laboratory activities and case studies are provided to reinforce key concepts.

Table of Contents

PART ONE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Motor Control: Issues and Theories	3	(18)
Motor Learning and Recovery of Function	21	(25)
Physiology of Motor Control	46	(37)
Physiological Basis of Motor Learning and Recovery of Function	83	(17)
Constraints on Motor Control: An Overview of Neurologic Impairments	100	(36)
A Conceptual Framework for Clinical Practice	136	(21)
PART TWO POSTURAL CONTROL
Normal Postural Control	157	(30)
Development of Postural Control	187	(25)
Aging and Postural Control	212	(21)
Abnormal Postural Control	233	(24)
Clinical Management of the Patient with a Postural Control Disorder	257	(42)
PART THREE MOBILITY FUNCTIONS
Control of Normal Mobility	299	(31)
A Life Span Perspective of Mobility	330	(29)
Abnormal Mobility	359	(31)
Clinical Management of the Patient with a Mobility Disorder	390	(53)
PART FOUR REACH, GRASP, AND MANIPULATION
Normal Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation	443	(25)
Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation: Changes Across the Life Span	468	(25)
Abnormal Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation	493	(25)
Clinical Management of the Patient with Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation Disorders	518	(39)
Susan Duff
Anne Shumway-Cook
Marjorie H. Woollacott
References	557	(34)
Index	591