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ballistic movement

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ballistic movement
[bəlis′tik]
a high-velocity musculoskeletal movement, such as a tennis serve or boxing punch, requiring reciprocal coordination of agonistic and antagonistic muscles.


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Control of goal directed motor activities during 'on' periods (when the effect of a drug is working) such as drawing non-geometrical paint strokes, finger painting, cutting paper with scissors, hammering a nail, shooting a basketball, throwing darts, punching a bag, and other ballistic movement tasks become an integral part of occupational re-education.
As the former strength and conditioning coach at the University of Tennessee, he implemented ballistic movements into the Vols' sports programs.
After a brief introduction and overview of classification, choreatic and ballistic movement disorders are presented and suggested interventions are included.
 
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