Motor Control is the only text to bridge the gap between current motor control research and its applications to clinical practice. It gives you a full arsenal of best-evidence tools and information to examine, diagnose, and treat patients who have problems with balance, mobility, and upper extremity function. After a review of the latest theories of motor control, motor learning, and recovery of function, students are provided with a conceptual framework for clinical practice and a practical framework for understanding and examining impairments in patients with neurological deficits. Armed with a solid foundation, students then build a thorough understanding of motor control issues as they relate to posture and balance, mobility, and upper extremity function. For each of these three key areas, the authors discuss normal control processes, age-related issues, abnormal function, and the clinical applications of current research. New to this Third Edition—
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Two-color design and updated art program engage readers and illuminate content.</li> <li>
Latest research findings and their clinical applications in postural control, mobility, and upper extremity function provide the most up-to-date information on new advances in the field.</li> <li>
Learning objectives and answer keys included in each chapter enhance learning.</li>
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Assessment and treatments are classified into impairment levels, strategy levels, and functional levels for easy reference.</li> <li>
Drawings, charts, tables, and photographs help students visualize and better understand postural control and functional mobility.</li> <li>
Laboratory activities and case studies reinforce and apply key concepts to patients with different diagnoses.</li>
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In recent years, there have been tremendous leaps in motor control research. Now you have the best-evidence tools to fully utilize this research for your own practice!

Motor Control: Translating Research into Clinical Practice

Medical Books

Woollacott, Marjorie H

Shumway-Cook, Anne, Ph.D.

Allied Health Professions

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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. 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. Videos on the back-of-book DVD examine motor control deficits, including deficits in postural control, mobility, and upper extremity function in different types of neurologic pathology (stroke, cerebellar pathology, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson's disease) as well as in balance impaired elders. These videos can be viewed in their entirety or in the following segments: impairments, postural control, mobility, and upper extremity control. This video enhances the clinical coverage found in the textbook.

Woollacott, Marjorie, Ph.D.

Basic Sciences

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