Motor Growth review

Functional capacity

Overall ability to complete/accomplish desired movement or performance task

Motor development

• Continuous

• Age related

• Sequential and orderly

Motor learning

Relatively permanent gains in motor skill capability associated with skills or practice

Motor control

The neural, physical and behavioral aspects of movement

Physical growth

Quantitative increases in size and body mass

Physical maturation

Qualitative advance in biological makeup; cell, organ, or system advancement in biological composition

Aging

Process occurring with passage of time, leading to loss of adaptability or full function leading to death

What are the 7 main things that affect development?

• Environment

• Social interactions

• Diet/nutrition

• Activity levels

• Aging process

• Substance abuse

• Radiation exposure

Skill

movement that has a certain technique that requires repetition

Open kinetic chain

Movement is very smooth, in one motion