Development of Postural Equilibrium During Sitting and Standing

Abstract

two conceptual frameworks for the study of motor behavior have recently emerged, each of which has the power to uncover basic principles of movement control and development / these are the "motor programming" approach . . . and the "action or dynamical systems" approach in the motor programming approach the target of analysis is the set of neural mechanisms underlying motor development and control, while in the action systems or dynamical approach, the target of analysis is the relationship between the environmental information and the behavior that an animal displays the following paper will draw on both approaches in analyzing the development of posture control in infants and children, because though we believe that the study of the nervous system is essential to the understanding of postural development, we believe that it must be combined with a study of its interactions with other body systems and the environment development of the visual system's control of posture / the development of the vestibular system's control of posture / the development of the somato-sensory control of posture and of postural synergies / the development of intersensory integration / theoretical studies on developmental changes in morphology and their relation to stability (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter)