{"id":294,"date":"2016-07-08T14:19:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/?p=294"},"modified":"2016-08-02T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T16:00:29","slug":"examining-the-integration-between-posture-and-manual-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/examining-the-integration-between-posture-and-manual-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Examining the integration between posture and manual control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In order to successfully complete many routine tasks, individuals must have the proper integration between posture and manual control.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This means individuals must adopt body configurations, orientations, and movements that allow them to maintain stability while successfully performing a manual task. In a series of studies, we have examined how the integration between posture and manual control develops in children and declines in older adults.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Additionally, we have examined how this integration relates to an individual\u2019s postural stability and ability to adequately perform tasks common to daily life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Using a variety of analytical techniques (inspired from non-linear dynamics and chaos theory), our research has suggested that postural variability is a functional component of typical movement production.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Specifically, when performing a manual task, nonrandom postural movements aid the production of manual movements by improving the ability of the motor system to successfully adapt and coordinate movements based on the context of the task and environment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Collaborators<\/strong>: Richard Van Emmerik (UMass), Jessica Huber (SLHS), Laura Claxton (HK), Shirley Rietdyk (HK)<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Students: Josh Liddy<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to successfully complete many routine tasks, individuals must have the proper integration between posture and manual control.\u00a0 This means individuals must adopt body configurations, orientations, and movements that allow them to maintain stability while successfully performing a manual task. In a series of studies, we have examined how the integration between posture and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-motor-control","7":"entry","8":"override"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}