PHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF MOTOR CONTROL
cod. 1000282

Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
Giuseppe LUPPINO
integrated course unit
6 credits
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course unit
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

To know the main mechanisms of the short term and long term responses of the organism during physical activity.
The student should know the various theories concerning the planning and the control of movement execution
To achieve a knowledge of the main disorders of the motor system the execution of the movement.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

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Full programme

Cardiovascular system and physical activity
Respiratory system and physical activity
Skeletal muscle and physical activity
Movement planning and the control of movement execution.
Triphasic pattern of EMG
The force-time function
Muscle mechanics and theory of the equilibrium point
The isochrony principle and space-time invariants
The principle of the maximal smoothness and of the rectilinear trajectories
The visuo-motor integration
The coding of space in the motor control
The role of the visual feedback in the movement control
The Fitts's law
The theory of the optic flow
The role of the somaesthetic information in the movement control
Basic principles of motor system clinical examination; Motor syndromes; Basic principles of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Botulinum toxin and its role in motor disorders

Bibliography

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Teaching methods

Oral lessons and practical work

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examinations

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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