In a gait training scenario for a person with Parkinson's disease, where verbal and visual cues are used to increase step length, these cues exemplify which type of feedback?

In a gait training scenario for a person with Parkinson's disease, where verbal and visual cues are used to increase step length, these cues exemplify which type of feedback?

• A. Instructive Motor Feedback
• B. Use-Dependent Motor Feedback
• C. Sensorimotor Feedback
• D. Reinforcement Feedback

Answer: (A)

Verbal and visual cues that tell you how to move provide explicit instructions about the desired movement, which is why this is instructive motor feedback. They guide the motor plan by specifying a target (longer steps) rather than relying on the body’s own sensory adjustments alone, rewards, or mere practice effects. Instructive cues differ from sensorimotor feedback, which comes from the body's internal senses during movement; they also differ from reinforcement feedback (reward-based) and use-dependent feedback (changes from repetition over time). So the outward, instructional nature of verbal and visual cues makes them instructive motor feedback.

Verbal and visual cues that tell you how to move provide explicit instructions about the desired movement, which is why this is instructive motor feedback. They guide the motor plan by specifying a target (longer steps) rather than relying on the body’s own sensory adjustments alone, rewards, or mere practice effects. Instructive cues differ from sensorimotor feedback, which comes from the body's internal senses during movement; they also differ from reinforcement feedback (reward-based) and use-dependent feedback (changes from repetition over time). So the outward, instructional nature of verbal and visual cues makes them instructive motor feedback.