Motor Coordination
Dimension 511 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Motor Coordination measures the ability to control balance, gait, posture, and fine motor actions in a stable and organized way. It encompasses coordinated movement in everyday tasks such as walking, standing, manipulating objects, and maintaining bodily control during increasingly demanding actions.
evidence final name · Function Mobility Aid
Minimal Motor Coordination
Expressions activating this band describe basic physical functioning and simple manual tasks with little or no clear emphasis on balance, gait, or coordinated control. Coordination appears only in a minimal or background form within routine actions such as dressing, carrying, or opening objects.
Mild Motor Coordination
Expressions activating this band describe coordinated movement in basic mobility and self-care tasks, including climbing steps, standing briefly, picking up small objects, and moving without becoming unsteady. The emphasis is on functional control during ordinary actions.
Moderate Motor Coordination
Expressions activating this band describe sustained balance and organized movement across walking, standing, navigating space, and simple visually guided hand actions. Coordination is expressed as the ability to maintain stability and directional control during continuous movement.
High Motor Coordination
Expressions activating this band describe precise postural control and gait stability under challenging conditions, such as walking in a straight line, balancing on one foot with eyes closed, or crossing a balance beam. This band also includes signs of impaired coordination expressed through slurred speech, dazed states, or intoxicated-like motor instability.
Severe Motor Coordination
Expressions activating this band describe motor coordination as highly concentrated in straight-line walking and whole-body balance control, with marked salience of whether movement can remain aligned and stable. The expression centers on pronounced coordination demand or disruption in gait control.
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Minimal Function Mobility Aid: Function mobility aid is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse function mobility aid.
Emerging Function Mobility Aid: Function mobility aid is experienced here as physiological and somatic distress, reflecting embodied arousal and clinical-grade symptom intensity. Unlike the band below, where function mobility aid was characterized by a general or mixed form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect physiological and embodied function mobility aid.
Elevated Function Mobility Aid: Function mobility aid is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where function mobility aid was characterized by the somatic and physiological form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect function mobility aid at this level of intensity.
Severe Function Mobility Aid: Function mobility aid is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Unlike the band below, where function mobility aid was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect function mobility aid at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
