Darlene Reid, PhD, PT
Université de Toronto, Toronto, ON
Session Description
Most daily activities require coordination and multitasking, which require high levels of cortical activation. If these activities are not practiced regularly, even higher neural demands are required. Training or repetition of various movement results in automaticity such that less neural activation is required for the same motor action. This presentation will focus on movement through a motor control lens and describe how dyspnea and multitasking can interfere with purposeful movement. The dual task paradigm, an experimental approach, will demonstrate how performance of two different tasks can call upon similar resources or exceed capacity in people living with chronic respiratory disease. This can lead to errors or decreased performance of the given tasks, termed dual task or cognitive interference. Consideration of cognitive demands during daily activities by utilizing approaches that integrate motor learning, dual tasking, and automaticity that could advance outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation for people living with chronic respiratory disease.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to:
- Define motor control, automaticity, cognitive interference, and cognitive impairment;
- Have an awareness of how cognition influences and potentially limits movement in people living with chronic respiratory disease;
- Describe potential assessments, and strategies that mitigate or minimize cognitive limitations on motor control and physical activity.
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