Motor Control

Unit code: AHE3126 | Study level: Undergraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
Footscray Park
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit of study introduces students to the neuro-mechanical basis of the control of human movement as it relates to exercise and sport, at the central, spinal and peripheral levels of the nervous system. Areas covered are: movement physiology (brain, muscle and spinal control), movement control, development and aging and atypical control, movement representation in the brain and the neural correlates of learning and plasticity.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Articulate the basic mechanisms by which human movement is controlled by the central and peripheral nervous system;
  2. Integrate knowledge of motor control with that already acquired in anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and motor learning to examine human motor skill performance;
  3. Investigate how motor function changes with skill development, aging and injury and identify characteristics of motor function relevant to different ages, levels of skill development, and types of injury;
  4. Critically assess the strengths and limitations of techniques used to assess motor control and determine how these could be used to examine aspects of a client’s motor function; and,
  5. Critically review the common theoretical models of motor control.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Test
|
Grade: 20%
2 x online quizzes
Assessment type: Exercise
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Grade: 30%
Visual mapping of the nervous system
Assessment type: Report
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Grade: 20%
Laboratory report: motor control assessments
Assessment type: Presentation
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Grade: 30%
Group Presentation: Diseases and Disorders

Required reading

Selected readings will be made available via the unit VU Collaborate site.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Bachelor of Biomedical and Exercise Science
HBES | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years
Bachelor of Exercise Science (Clinical Practice)
ABHE | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years
Bachelor of Exercise Science (Sport Practice)
ABHD | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years
Bachelor of Sport Science (Human Movement)/Bachelor of Sport Management
SBHS | Bachelor degree | Duration: 4 years

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