Sunday 17 March 2013

Motor control and the ITE model




Motor control is defined as the ability to regulate or direct the mechanisms essential to movement (Motor Control, Anne Shumway-Cook, Marjorie H. Woolacott, Wolters Kluwer, International Edition).

Understanding the nature of movement is one of the most crucial lessons for a Physical Therapy student and this specific book is a masterpiece every student should have.

During my studies in the European School of Physiotherapy at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, I created this small presentation of the ITE model based on the 1st chapter of the Motor Control book.

The ITE model is a conceptual model that suggests that movement of the individual is organized around him, the task he has to accomplish and the environment. Although it seems to be obvious, it takes a lot of deep undesrtanding of this model in order to really understand how movement is created in the body and then be able to deal with it as a Physical Therapist.

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