Neuromuscular Co-ordination

1. ASSIGNMENT
On
Short note on Neuromuscular Co-ordination
Course: BSC in Physiotherapy
Subject: Therapeutic Exercise
SUBMITTED TO:
Md. Akhsaful Imam (cPT)
MPT-Ortho, BPT, CMT
Consultant & Head of Physiotherapy, EHC
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, CIMT
Reg. No: PH120107 (UK), MBPA-0110 (BD), cPT-71
SUBMITTED BY:
Md. Rokanuzzaman
BSC in physiotherapy
Roll No: 11
Submission Date: 05.07.2020

2. Short note on Neuromuscular Co-ordination
Co-ordination:
Is being able to do multi task. Coordination is when two or more separate entities work
together. On example is hand-eye coordination, which effects how well you can catch and
throw a ball
Neuromuscular coordination
It is a coordination between nerves & muscles.
Neuromuscular Coordination, also known as “motor control” or “muscle memory” is the
ability of the nervous system to efficiently recruit a muscle or a group of muscles in order to
perform a specific task unconsciously. Through a series of interactions between neurological
messages, a complex system is formed, connecting different aspects of muscle actions (static,
dynamic, reactive), muscle contractions, coordination, joint stability, body alignment and
balance.
Neuromuscular coordination has two components: Intra-muscular Coordination and
Inter-Muscular Coordination. Both of them are important to incorporate in one’s training
program in order for one to be efficient with his movement and to minimize the risk of injury.
A. Intra-muscular coordination: Intra-muscular coordination is the activation of an
individual neuro-muscular unit within a muscle fiber. This has three main elements:
 Rate coding: It is the firing rate of neuro-muscular control units which in return increases
the strength of muscular contraction. Resistance training is known to be the ideal method
to enhance your code rating.
 Recruitment of neuromuscular motor units: It allows alternation between muscle
groups (when a group of muscles are exhausted, others compensate). It could be increased
by maximum load training or plyometric exercises.
 Motor units synchronization: It improves the ability of recruiting muscle fibers at the
exact time required leading to greater force generation and more efficient movement.
B. Inter-muscular coordination: Inter-muscular coordination is the interactions between
the agonist, antagonist, and stabilizer muscle groups during specific tasks and activities.
Synchronized Movement is the main point to emphasize on through this topic and is in fact
the most over looked in training. There are numerous exercises and ways to improve it, but
controlled rolling and crawling are considerably the most important as you can target the
posterior and anterior chain in easy drills to improve your neural pathways, which will
eventually maximize your movement quality.