Categories of Motor Skills Flashcards
1
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Gross Motor Skills
A
- Involve Large Muscles of the body
2
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Fine Motor Skills
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- Require control of small muscles of the body
- Precision of movement is important
- ADL skills
3
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Discrete Motor Skills
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- Recognizable Beginning and End Point defined by the task
i.e Sit > Stand
4
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Serial Motor Skills
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Skills of combined series of discrete skills
- Specific order of actions
- i.e transfer from bed to WC
5
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Continuous Motor Skills
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- No recognizable beginning and end point
i.e walking, running swimming
6
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Closed Motor Skills
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Skills performed in a stable, predictable environment
7
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Open Motor Skills
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Skill performed in a constantly changing environment
