AHS14001 Human Motor Control

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code AHS14001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 身体運動制御学

Subject Name
（Katakana）シンタイウンドウセイギョガク

Subject Name in
English Human Motor Control

Instructor KATO TAKASHI

Instructor
(Katakana) カトウ　タカシ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Fri5-8：IAS K112

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive), Online (on-demand)

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 27 : Health Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 05 : Sports Science

Eligible Students As a general rule, 3rd year students recommended; however, 2nd-year students allow to attend.

Keywords motor control; sensory-motor system; nervous system

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline ・possible to explain behavioral aspects of human movements
・possible to explain the outline how the nervous system controls human movements

Class Schedule These topics will be lectured as the following order. Schedule and topics may, however, be altered by students' background and depth of comprehensions.

Guidance
Structure and classification of human movements
Accuracy and errors of movements, Variability of movements
Skeletal muscle: its anatomy and physiology
Nervous system underlying human movements
Reflex actions and its functional roles of motor control
Degree of freedom and redundancy for human movements: How and which do we choice from many selections?
Environment and movements: How does affect environment to our movements? (optional)

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Texts are not assigned, as this class is conducted with handouts.
References (book, URL, etc.) will be included in the handouts.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Visual Materials, Microsoft Stream, moodle

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Each topic seems to be isolated the others, however, these topics have interactions among them.
After completing each week, self-review should be done on this day, as you are possible.
As you have uncleared and/or interesting topics, let's ask and discuss me and your friends, not only checked by yourself.

Requirements

Grading Method Participation to class (NOT attendance to the class!): approximately 50%
Writing examination: approximately 50%
Details will be explained on the guidance.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Motor control is an academic discipline fused experiments and theories. Various specialists have developed and extended this area, so this area includes many interesting topics.

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	AHS14001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	身体運動制御学
Subject Name （Katakana）	シンタイウンドウセイギョガク
Subject Name in English	Human Motor Control
Instructor	KATO TAKASHI
Instructor (Katakana)	カトウ　タカシ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Fri5-8：IAS K112
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive), Online (on-demand)

Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	27 : Health Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Sports Science
Eligible Students	As a general rule, 3rd year students recommended; however, 2nd-year students allow to attend.
Keywords	motor control; sensory-motor system; nervous system
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines. ・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	・possible to explain behavioral aspects of human movements ・possible to explain the outline how the nervous system controls human movements
Class Schedule	These topics will be lectured as the following order. Schedule and topics may, however, be altered by students' background and depth of comprehensions. Guidance Structure and classification of human movements Accuracy and errors of movements, Variability of movements Skeletal muscle: its anatomy and physiology Nervous system underlying human movements Reflex actions and its functional roles of motor control Degree of freedom and redundancy for human movements: How and which do we choice from many selections? Environment and movements: How does affect environment to our movements? (optional)
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Texts are not assigned, as this class is conducted with handouts. References (book, URL, etc.) will be included in the handouts.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Visual Materials, Microsoft Stream, moodle
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Each topic seems to be isolated the others, however, these topics have interactions among them. After completing each week, self-review should be done on this day, as you are possible. As you have uncleared and/or interesting topics, let's ask and discuss me and your friends, not only checked by yourself.
Requirements
Grading Method	Participation to class (NOT attendance to the class!): approximately 50% Writing examination: approximately 50% Details will be explained on the guidance.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Motor control is an academic discipline fused experiments and theories. Various specialists have developed and extended this area, so this area includes many interesting topics.
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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