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Complexity in Movement Disorders: A Systems Approach to Intervention

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Too often overlooked, normal motor function is one of the most critical components of the human existence. The ability to move rests at the core of quality of life, due to the freedom that independent mobility offers. Despite its central role in everyday life, motor function is sometimes viewed as independent from and subsidiary to cognitive function (see [1]). As a result, there has been relatively less attention paid to the deficits in motor function that arise due to disease. However, a growing body of evidence points to movement disorders as being a central issue in a variety of neurological diseases and disorders, even ones that were considered as exclusively “mental” disorders in the past. In this chapter, we will explore a systems approach to motor dysfunction. The chapter is laid out in the following way. First, the chapter will briefly review the ubiquity of similar patterns of behaviour in physics and biology as an overarching framework. The ubiquity of findings across a wide range of complex systems forms the central theme of this chapter. I will also highlight similarities across findings in a broad range of areas of study that are often considered to be disparate fields of science.

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    For a broader overview, see Chap. 11.

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This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes on Aging (R21AG035158 and 1R21AG039818).

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