Motor Learning

Core Belief: By providing feedback, the Core:Tx ® has the potential to facilitate proprioceptive ability and thus motor learning.

Supporting Research: “Registration improves movement accuracy when veridical visual feedback is provided but is not invoked when hand-path errors are eliminated¹” (Scheidt RA, Conditt MD, Secco EL and Mussa-Ivaldi¹¹)

Core Belief: It’s not enough to perform performance-based feedback. The Core:Tx ® game-like format provides an environment where visual, auditory and proprioceptive feedback can be practiced.

Supporting Research: “Feedback, along with practice, is considered to be a potent variable affecting motor skill learning.” (VanDijk, et al, 2005¹²)

Core Belief: In addition, it has been shown that sensory-motor modalities have an effect on motor working memory. Motor working memory is an important component of motor planning and the development of new skills.

Supporting Research: “Experiments have shown that subjects are able to learn visuomotor motor and dynamic transformations independently when presented in parallel. Thus, sensory-motor modality might be an important factor influencing the organization of motor working memory” (Wolpert D, Ghahramani Z and Flanagan J⁹).

Core Belief: By addressing the neuro-muscular component of motor learning, the Core:Tx ® has a direct impact on nerve-muscle training and communication facilitation. As a result, of improved coordination through performance based feedback motor control training through practice and skill simulation can be achieved.

By improving proprioception and motor control, the Core:Tx ® has the potential to improve muscular balance and joint stability.

Supporting Research: “The sensorimotor system encompasses all of the sensory, motor, and central integration and processing components involved with maintaining joint homeostasis during bodily movements (functional joint stability)” (Riemann BL and Lephart SM, 2002¹³)