Coordination, Control, and Skill as an area of study provides for the integration of a number of areas including biomechanics, motor control, motor development, and motor learning. In combination with mathematical and mechanical models typically used in biomechanics, this provides for a multidisciplinary perspective to the study of movement. Topics studied in this area include biomechanics, motor control, motor development, and motor learning. From a broad kinesiological perspective, biomechanics involves the application of mechanical principles and procedures to the investigation of human movement including research topics ranging from the study of the mechanical behavior of an isolated muscle to the analysis of whole body motion. Research in this area investigate issues related to muscle mechanics, sport biomechanics, gait analysis, and electromyographic kinesiology.
Motor control is concerned with the mechanisms and processes used in producing movement.
Research investigations in this area include issues related to central and peripheral nervous system organization and function, movement coordination, abnormal movements, sensory system functioning, sensory-motor integration, and postural control. These topics are applied to normal motor function as well as movement disorders. Motor development is the lifelong change in motor behavior resulting from the ongoing interaction between biological factors and the environment. Research in this area focuses on developmental changes related to physical growth, maturation and aging, development of motor behaviors in early childhood, and fundamental motor skill development. Motor learning is the study of the processes and the factors involved in the acquisition of motor skills through practice.