MOTOR CONTROL: better understand interactions between musculoskeletal and neurological

Everyone talks about "brain training" or "physical training". But what is the link between the brain and athletic performance? Let's try to simplify a very important part of the performance: the control of the movement!

A movement does not take place in a "vacuum"! It is dependent on many factors

(Model of Shumway-Cook & Woolacott)

Really VERY many factors!

But why is motor control so important?

“Motor control: the ability to regulate the mechanisms essential to movement".

Successful task VS Failed task!

Consider "the Person":

"Execution" (action, movement, ...):

Here is a slightly more detailed version of what we usually find:

"Planning":

It is first voluntary, then automatic. Here is an example:

"Feedback":

There are 2 types of feedback:

• during movement if it is slow

• After the movement if it is fast

It is used to correctly adjust the motor program according to the subject and the environment

"Perception" :

The correct interpretation of the feedback is fundamental to properly adjusting the motor program according to the subject and the environment

"Anticipation and feedback are complementary:"

Well... we do the synthesis?

Are you an engineer? it's for you:

To better understand :

So that everyone understands !:

"The neurological and musculoskeletal systems therefore always work together, in a concerted and interdependent manner."

And it is possible to train this motor control … but this is another story

Source: Laurent Bouyer, PhD, Laval university, 2011