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On optimality and movement disorders: A dynamic systems perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

R. E. A. van Emmerik
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Therapy, Vrije Universiteit Hospital, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands, remmerik@sara.nl
R. C. Wagenaar
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Therapy, Vrije Universiteit Hospital, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands, remmerik@sara.nl

Abstract

The argument that disordered or changed motor patterns can be adaptive or optimal given the constraints imposed is supported. Two major points of criticism are made, concerning the perceived superstates of the primary disorder and the absence of a systematic approach to identifying this adaptivity and optimality. We have tried to give the general outlines of such an approach to disordered movements from a dynamic systems perspective.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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