Motor control

 

‘Ability to regulate or direct the mechanisms essential to movement’ 

(Shumway-Cook & Woolacott, 2001, p1)

 

‘Impaired motor control after stroke includes sequelae such as lack of coordination in movement, loss of selective movement, and lack of motor control. Weakness (impaired motor control) on one side (hemiparesis) is a hallmark of stroke, but in fact only affects 80% of patients. Nonetheless, it is probably the single most disabling factor, certainly in terms of limiting mobility.’

(ISWP, 2012, p81)