Don’t miss the Department of Kinesiology's Clark-Whitall Lecture this Friday (May 3rd) at 9:30am in the SPH Lecture Hall (room 1312).
Join us in learning from Dr. Jeurgen Konczak from the University of Minnesota who will present his lecture titled, "The Silent Sense and Motor Control During the Life Span." For more information on Dr. Konczak, click here; see below for a more detailed abstract of the presentation.
Abstract:
"Proprioception has been referred to as the "silent" sense. We use it everyday but are often not aware of its importance for our control of movement. Proprioceptive signals from mechanoreceptors embedded in skin, ligaments and muscles are essential for the conscious awareness of our bodies, for the control of voluntary movement, but it also is needed for the unconscious control of muscle tone and the formation of muscle synergies underlying balance control. In this talk, I will present how proprioceptive function develops in childhood and how it changes in older adulthood. Then, I will outline how it is intrinsically linked to our control of movement, affecting our ability to balance, to walk and the use of our hands. Finally, I will show what happens if the processing of proprioceptive signals is altered or impaired by neurological disease, providing examples from children with cerebral palsy and developmental coordination disorder to adults with Parkinson's disease, dystonia and stroke."
We hope to see you there!
