Understanding and Using the Systems Theory of Motor Control in ...

Clinical Manifestations of Damageto Motor Areas• Difficult to be exact in definition since cortical areasdo not work in isolation.• Generally motor cortex damage results in:• Permanent deterioration in the ability to make fineindependent movements of the hand• Loss of contralateral hand orientating responses• Disruption of the sensory motor linkage, particularly spatialadjustments• Destruction in internal capsule – contralateral hemiplegiainitially flaccid, later spastic ; most marked in distal muscles