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How functional are atypical motor patterns?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

John P. Scholz
Affiliation:
Physical Therapy Department and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. jpscholz@strauss.udel.edu

Abstract

Latash & Anson are commended for pointing out that investigators of atypical motor performance have too often failed to recognize the adaptive nature of many atypical movement characteristics. However, the authors' assumption that atypical motor patterns can be considered “normal” and, by implication, that it is futile to attempt to teach different patterns to patients that may be more functional, is criticized.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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