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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
TACLOBAN CITY

SUBJECT: PMCML

ASSIGNED TOPIC: The Measurement of Motor Performance

OUTPUT: Group Discussion

SUBMITTED BY: GROUP 2

 Almuete, Ronnah Rose

 Altar, Rudelene
 Astorga, Shamel
 Bagarinao, Ella
 De La Cruz, Angelica Mae
 Negrosa, Twingkle
 Raganit, Jannelle

Maricar C. Tegero
SUBMITTED TO

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2023-2024

RATING:
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BACHELOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Principle of motor control and learning in sports, exercise, and dance

LECTURE NOTES:

Measurement of Motor Performance

TOPIC:

The Measurement of Motor Performance

 The measurements of motor perform an a is critical to understanding motor learning.

Two levels of performance observation:

1. Performance outcome measures
 Measures that indicate the outcome or result of performing a motor skill.
2. Performance production measure
 These measures relate to that performance characteristics that produced the outcome.

RT Interval
A method that calls a function or runs some code after specific intervals of time, as
specific through the second parameter.
Ex. Starting a sprint in response to the starting pistol.

TWO COMPONENTS PART OF RT

1. Interval Time (quiet)
 It is called the “premotor time.”
 The amount of time between two given times.
Ex. The time interval between three o’clock and four o’clock is one hour.
2. Motor Time
 Is the period from the increase in muscle activity until the actual beginning of observable
limb movement.
Ex. When one is driving a car, the changing patterns of light picked up by the driver’s eye
will inform the driver about when to start braking so as to avoid colliding with the car in
front.
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THREE TYPES OF RT
1. Simple RT
 The reaction time when the situation involves only one signal that requires only one
response.

2. Choice RT
 The reaction time when the situation involves more than one signal, and each signal
requires its own specified response.
3. Discrimination RT
 The reaction time when the situation involves more than one signal but only one
response, which is to only one of the signals, the other signals require no response.

THE USE OF RT IN RESEARCH

 RT can be used as a performance measure to assess how quickly a person can initiate a
required action.
 RT use to assess the capabilities of a person to anticipate a required action and determine
when to initiate it.

Relating RT to MOVEMENT TIME and RESPONSE TIME

A. Movement Time (MT)
 Begins when RT ends, it is the interval of time between the initiation and the completion
of an action.
B. Response Time (RT)
 The total time interval, involving both RT and MT

ERROR MEASURES
A person’s level of inaccuracy when using a skill has a significant impact on their day-to-day
activities. Error measures enable us to assess performance abilities where accuracy is the action
goal, such as grabbing a cup and other such tasks. Error measures give us information about the
potential root causes of performance issues in addition to performance accuracy indicators. These
crucial steps give the professional a foundation upon which to choose the most effective
intervention to assist the person in overcoming the inaccuracy.

ASSESSING ERROR FOR ONE DIMENSION ACTION GOALS

The most important details are that movement and response times are all that are needed to
measure the amount of inaccuracy, and that three error measures are needed: absolute error,
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constant error, and consistent errors. The constant error is the sign (+/-) divergence from the
target, while the CE is the standard deviation of the individual’s CE score throughout the trials.

ASSESSING ERROR FOR TWO DIMENSIONAL GOALS

Radial error (RE) is the general accuracy.
Measure for two-dimensional tasks, calculated by calculating the hypotenuse of the right angle
triangle formed by the intersection of the X and Y axes. The ff step measures the length of the
mistake in the horizontal direction.

Kinematic measures
Kinematics refers to the description of motion without regard to force or mass.

Three Characteristics of Kinematics

1. Displacement
 Kinematic measure describing changes in the spatial positions of a limb or joint during
kinematic the measure time course describing the of the movement.
2. Velocity
 The measure that describing the Rate of changes of an object position with respect to
time. It is derived by dividing displacement by time (e.g., m/sec, km/hr.).
3. Acceleration
 Kinematic measures that describe change in velocity during movement.by dividing
change in velocity by change in time.

Linear and Angular Motion

A. Leaner motion
 refers to motion in a straight line involves all the body or object moving the Same
distance over the same amount of time.

B. Angular Motion
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 Sometimes called “rotary motion”, refer to motion that occurs about on axis of rotation
and involved specific body Segment as they rotate about joints, which are the axes Body
segments and movement

Kinetics
 the consideration of force in the study motion.

EMG MEASURES
 movement involves electrical activity in the muscles, which can be measured by
electromyography (EMG).
Surface Electrodes
 detects muscle electrical activity by attaching it to the skin of the person, which then can
be recorded by a computer or polygraph recorder.

Measuring Coordination
 Investigation of complex skills.
 An angle-angle diagram is the plot of one angle as a function of another angle.

Coordination
 involves the movement of limbs segments in specific time and based patterns in angle-
angle technique.

Cross-correlation Technique
 The angle-angle diagrams that describe coordination patterns for two joints lend
themselves to correlational analysis because researchers are interested in the relationship
between the two joints at specific points in time.

Cross-correlation Technique
 The angle-angle diagrams that describe coordination patterns for two joints lend
themselves to correlational analysis because researchers are interested in the relationship
between the two joints at specific points in time.
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Questionnaire

Test I. Multiple Choice.

Choose the correct answer, write the letters in CAPITAL LETTERS.
1. ________ indicates the outcome or result of performing a motor skill.
a. Displacement
b. Movement Time
c. Choice RT
d. Performance Outcome Measures
2. The ________ is used to measure electrical activity in the muscles.
a. ERROR MEASURE
b. KINEMATICE MEASURE
c. EMG MEASURE
d. MEASURING COORDINATION
3. What describes the change in velocity during movement?
a. Displacement
b. Acceleration
c. Kinetics
d. Velocity
4. The ________ is the spatial position of the limb or joint during the tome period of the
movement.
a. Displacement
b. Acceleration
c. Kinetics
d. Velocity
5. The ________ refers to the consideration of force in the study of motion.
a. Displacement
b. Acceleration
c. Kinetics
d. Velocity

Test II. Identification.

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1. The two (2) components of reaction time (RT).

1) Interval Time
2) Motor Time
2. The three characteristics of kinematics.
1) Displacement
2) Velocity
3) Linear and Angular Motion