Research and Publications
I. Perception-Action Approach Application Research and Publications
II. Research and Publications Related to Theoretical Foundation of Perception-Action Approach
I. Perception-Action Approach Application Research and Publications
- Tscharnuter I. A new therapy approach to movement organization. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 1993;13:19-40.
- Tscharnuter I. Clinical application of dynamic theory concepts according to Tscharnuter Akademie for Movement Organization (TAMO) therapy. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2002; 14:29-37.
- Rahlin M. TAMO therapy as a major component of physical therapy intervention for an infant with congenital muscular torticollis: a case report. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2005;17:209-218.
- Stergiou N, Harbourne RT, Cavanough JT. Optimal movement variability: a new theoretical perspective for neurologic physical therapy. J Neurol Phys Ther. 2006;30(3):120-129.
- Dusing SC, Harbourne RT. Variability in postural control during infancy: implications for development, assessment, and intervention. Phys Ther. 2010;90:1838-1849.
- Harbourne RT, Willett S, Kyvelidou A, Deffeyes J, Stergiou N. A comparison of interventions for children with cerebral palsy to improve sitting postural control: a clinical trial. Phys Ther. 2010;90:1881-1898.
- Rahlin M. Case report: an individualized intermittent intensive physical therapy schedule for a child with spastic quadriparesis. Physiother Theory Pract. 2011 Oct;27(7):512-520.
- Harbourne R, Willett SL, Ryalls B, Stergiou N. The use of stochastic noise during intervention to improve sitting postural control in children with cerebral palsy. In: Abstracts of Poster Presentations at the 2013 Combined Sections Meeting. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2013;25(1):105-106. Abstract.
- Rahlin M. Physical Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy: An Evidence-Based Approach. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Incorporated; 2016.
II. Research and Publications Related to Theoretical Foundation of Perception-Action Approach
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- Adolph KE. Specificity of learning: why infants fall over a veritable cliff. Psychol Sci. 2000;11:290-295.
- Adolph KE, Berger SE. Motor development. In: Damon W, Lerner R, Kuhn D, Siegler RS (eds). Handbook of Child Psychology, Vol. 2: Cognition, Perception, and Language. New York, NY: Wiley; 2006:161-213.
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- Bernstein NA. On dexterity and its development. In: Latash ML, Turvey MT, eds. Dexterity and Its Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers; 1996:3-244.
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- Campos J, Anderson D. Travel broadens the mind. Infancy. 2000;1(2):149-219.
- Chen LC. The Development of Adaptive Sensorymotor Control in Infant Upright Posture [dissertation]. College Park: University of Maryland; 2007.
- Dusing SC, Izzo T, Thacker LR, Galloway JC. Postural complexity influences development in infants born preterm with brain injury: relating perception-action theory to 3 cases. Phys Ther. 2014;94(10):1508-1516.
- Edelman GM. Neural Darwinism. New York, NY: Basic Books; 1987.
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- Edelman GM. Neural Darwinism: selection and reentrant signaling in higher brain function. Neuron. 1993; 10(2):115-125.
- Fetters L. Perspective on variability in the development of human action. Phys Ther. 2010;90:1860-1867.
- Gibson JJ, Gibson EJ. Perceptual learning: differentiation or enrichment? Psychol Rev. 1955;62(1):32-41.
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- Gibson EJ. What does infant perception tell us about theories of perception? J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform.1987;13(4):515-523.
- Gibson EJ. Exploratory behavior in the development of perceiving, acting, and the acquiring of knowledge. Annu Rev Psychol. 1988;39:1-41.
- Hadders-Algra M. Early brain damage and the development of motor behavior in children: clues for therapeutic intervention? Neural Plast. 2001;8:31-49.
- Hadders-Algra, M. Variation and variability: key words in human motor development. Phys Ther. 2010;90:1823-1837.
- Harbourne RT, Stergiou N. Movement variability and the use of nonlinear tools: principles to guide physical therapist practice. Phys Ther. 2009;89(3):267-282.
- Harbourne RT. The Embodied Mind in Early Development: Sitting Postural Control and Visual Attention in Infants with Typical Development and Infants with Delays [dissertation]. Lincoln: University of Nebraska; 2009.
- Harbourne RT, Ryallis B, Stergiou N. Sitting and looking: a comparison of stability and visual exploration in infants with typical development and infants with motor delay. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2014;34(2):197-212.
- Jeka J. Light touch contact as a balance aid. Phys Ther. 1997;77:476-478.
- Jeka J, Oie K, Schöner G, Dijkstra T, Henson E. Position and velocity coupling of postural sway to somatosensory drive. J Neurophysiol. 1998;79(4):1661-1674.
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- Kleim J, Jones T. Principles of experience-dependent neural plasticity: implications for rehabilitation after brain damage. J Speech Lang Hearing Res. 2008;51:225-239.
- Latash ML, Turvey MT, eds. Dexterity and Its Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers; 1996:277-303.
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- Spencer JP, Clearfield M, Corbetta D, Ulrich B, Buchanan P, Schöner G. Moving toward a grand theory of development: in memory of Esther Thelen. Child Dev. 2006;77(6):1521-1538.
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- Sporns O, Edelman G. Solving Bernstein’s problem. Child Dev. 1993;64(4):960-981.
- Stergiou N, Harbourne RT, Cavanough JT. Optimal movement variability: a new theoretical perspective for neurologic physical therapy. J Neurol Phys Ther. 2006;30(3):120-129.
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- Thelen E. Kicking, rocking and waving: contextual analysis of rhythmic stereotypies in normal human infants. Anim Behav. 1981;29(1):3-11.
- Thelen E. Rhythmical behavior in infancy: an ethological perspective. Dev Psychol. 1981;17(3):237-257.
- Thelen E, Fischer DM. Newborn stepping: and explanation for a “disappearing” reflex. Dev Psychol.1982;18(5):760-775.
- Thelen E, Fischer DM. The organization of spontaneous leg movements in newborn infants. J Mot Behav.1983;15(4):353-377.
- Thelen E, Fisher DM, Ridley-Johnson R, Griffin NJ. Effects of body build and arousal on newborn infant stepping. Dev Psychobiol. 1982;15(5):447-453.
- Thelen E, Fisher DM, Ridley-Johnson R, Griffin NJ. The relationship between physical growth and a newborn reflex. Infant Behav Dev. 1984;7(4):479-493.
- Thelen E. Treadmill-elicited stepping in seven-month-old infants. Child Dev. 1986; 57:1498-1506.
- Thelen E, Kelso JAS, Fogel A. Self-organizing systems and infant motor development. Dev Review. 1987;7(1):39-65.
- Thelen E, Ulrich BD, Niles D. Bilateral coordination in human infants: stepping on a split-belt treadmill. 1987; 13(3):405-410.
- Thelen E, Ulrich BD. Hidden skills: a dynamic systems analysis of treadmill stepping during the first year. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev. 1991;56(1):1-98.
- Thelen E, Bril G, Breniere Y. The emergence of heel strike in in newly walking infants: a dynamic interpretation. In: Woollacott M, Horak F, eds. Posture and Gait Control Mechanisms. Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Books; 1992:334-337.
- Thelen E. Three-month-old infants can learn task-specific patterns of interlimb coordination. Psychol Sci.1994;5(5):280-285.
- Thelen E, Smith LB. A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 1994:3-20.
- Thelen E. Motor development. A new synthesis. Am Psychol. 1995;50(2):79-95.
- Vereijken B. The complexity of childhood development: variability in perspective. Phys Ther. 2010;90:1850-1859.
- van der Meer AL. Keeping the arm in the limelight: advanced visual control of arm movements in neonates, Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 1997;4:103-108.
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