Motor Learning within Occupational Therapy

There are several motor learning strategies that have been investigated for several decades. Most motor learning research has been done from a basic research paradigm, in that much of the research took place in laboratory settings and/or involved ‘normal’ healthy adults. This line of research investigates a handful of motor learning strategies (i.e., contextual interference and knowledge of results/performance) with either special populations who are commonly seen by occupational therapists or incorporate occupational therapy-based theory, (meaning and purpose) and its influence upon motor learning.

Investigators at TWU

Martin S Rice, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Outside Collaborators

Applegate, S. L.
Fertig, P.A.
Hernandez, H.G.
Kilduski, N.C.
Kopp Miller, B.
Luce, S.
Maitra, K.K
Meyer J. L.
Shea, J.
Stein, F.
Wulf, G.

Publications

Wulf, G., Shea, J., & Rice, M. (1996). Type of KR and KR frequency effects on motor learning. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 30, 1-18.
Luce, S., & Rice, M.S. (2004). Contextual interference and performance in persons with traumatic brain injury. Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13, E3 – E28.
Kilduski, N. C., & Rice, M. S. (2003). Encouragement and knowledge of results: Effects on motor learning. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57, 329-336.
Rice, M.S. (2003). Motor Learning Strategies for Well Elderly Individuals: A Pilot Study. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 21 (3), 59-74.
Rice, M.S., & Hernandez, H.G. (2006) Frequency of knowledge of results and motor learning in persons with developmental delay. Occupational Therapy International. 13(1),I 35-48.
Applegate S.L., Rice, M.S., Stein, F., Maitra, K.K. (2008). Knowledge of results and learning to tell time in an adult male with mental retardation: A single subject research design. Occupational Therapy International, 15, 32-44.
Rice, M.S., Fertig, P.A., Maitra, K.K., & Kopp Miller, B. (2008). Reduced Feedback: Motor Learning Strategy in Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 27, 1, 122-138.
Meyer, J.L., Rice, M.S., & Metz, A.E. (2011). Knowledge of Results and Learning to Tell Time with Typically Developing 7 and 8-Year-Old Children: A Single Subject Research Design. Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention, 4, 141-153. doi: 10.1080/19411243.2011.595305

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