Research Article
Translating Massed Practice Principles to Promote Skill Acquisition in a Patient with Brain Injury
Barbara Billek-Sawhney* | |
Slippery Rock University, Graduate School of Physical Therapy Slippery Rock, USA | |
Corresponding Author : | Barbara Billek-Sawhney Slippery Rock University Graduate School of Physical Therapy Slippery Rock, USA Tel: 412 738 2759 Fax: 412 738 2113 E-mail: Barbara.billek@sru.edu |
Received April 01, 2013; Accepted May 28, 2013; Published June 02, 20132 | |
Citation: Billek-Sawhney B (2013) Translating Massed Practice Principles to Promote Skill Acquisition in a Patient with Brain Injury. J Nov Physiother 3:154. doi:10.4172/2165-7025.1000154 | |
Copyright: © 2013 Billek-Sawhney B. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Abstract
This paper will apply motor learning, massed practice principles, to a patient with a traumatic brain injury from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Massed practice will be explained and described how it is employed in a clinical practice to promote skill acquisition. Evidence related to the interventions employed with this patient will be described.