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Motor Learning in Neurologic Populations

presented by Susan B. Perry, PT, DPT

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Financial: Susan B. Perry receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. There is no financial interest beyond the production of this course.

Non-Financial: Susan B. Perry has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.

Satisfactory completion requirements: All disciplines must complete learning assessments to be awarded credit, no minimum score required unless otherwise specified within the course.

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This course builds on basic elements of motor learning, such as practice schedule and the provision of feedback. Classic theories are briefly reviewed, and more depth is provided on contemporary issues in motor learning, such as attentional focus, sleep, errorless learning, mental practice, and the Challenge Point Framework. The course will provide evidence on specific impairments of motor task learning in selected neurologic populations. It will conclude with case-based implementation of appropriate interventions to optimize skill acquisition.

Meet Your Instructor

Susan B. Perry, PT, DPT

Susan B. Perry, PT, DPT, is Professor and Curriculum Director in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA. She has been a full-time faculty member at Chatham since 1995, where her primary teaching assignment includes adult neurologic rehabilitation. Her neurologic practice experience has spanned over 30 years, in settings from…

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1. Theories, Consolidation, Errors, and Attention

This chapter reviews classic motor learning theories and then builds on basic concepts of practice and feedback. Updated foundational concepts will include errorless learning and the role of sleep.

2. Updates: Mental Practice, the Challenge Point Framework, and Motor Learning in Children

This chapter continues to build on basic concepts of practice and feedback. Updated foundational concepts will include attentional focus, mental practice, and the Challenge Point Framework.

3. Evidence About Motor Learning in Parkinson’s Disease and Cerebellar Disorders

This chapter reviews current evidence about motor learning in selected neurologic diagnoses. Such evidence will help clinicians customize their training approach to a given client.

4. Evidence About Motor Learning in Dementia, Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, and Developmental Coordination Disorder

This chapter reviews current evidence about motor learning in selected neurologic diagnoses. Such evidence will help clinicians customize their training approach to a given client.

5. Case-Based Application of Motor Learning Principles

This chapter will highlight cases of specific functional limitations in patients with neurologic problems and suggest appropriate treatment approaches to optimize task performance/skill acquisition employing the evidence provided above.

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