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Weekly Text Article! "Just Follow the Yellow Brick Road: A Guide to Performing Complex Bimanual Coordination Patterns"

Weekly Text Article! "Just Follow the Yellow Brick Road: A Guide to Performing Complex Bimanual Coordination Patterns"

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  • 6/18/2014 9:35:00 AM
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Check out the weekly text article by Ms. Deanna Kennedy titled "Just Follow the Yellow Brick Road: A Guide to Performing Complex Bimanual Coordination Patterns" "Coordinating movements between the limbs is important for many activities of daily living and sport specific skills. Buttoning your shirt, opening a bottle, driving your car, and serving a tennis ball are tasks that involve some type of coordination between the limbs."
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Control of Wrist and Arm Movements at Varying Difficulties

Control of Wrist and Arm Movements at Varying Difficulties

  • 11/11/2011 10:49:33 AM
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This week's article is focused on "Control of Wrist and Arm Movements at Varying Difficulties" by Jason Boyle. Our muscles are controlled by “motor units”, which each consist of a neuron, and the muscle fiber(s) it activates or “innervates”. The muscle that responds is termed an “effector”. Brain mapping studies have shown that a disproportionate area of the motor cortex governs certain effectors of the body.
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