Feldenkrais Research Journal • volume 2 (2005)

Article

Understanding Standing

Lawrence Goldfarb
PhD, CFT, University of Illinois at Champaign, Urbana

Abstract
Using standing as paradigmatic example, this study considers current issues in the movement sciences in
relationship to the practice of rehabilitation and movement re-education. The concepts of variety and
constraint provide the foundation for inquiring into the anatomical, biomechanical, dynamical, and
sensorial bases of bipedal stance. Theoretical issues are related to rehabilitation medicine, clinical
techniques, and pedagogical strategy. The rich empirical basis of movement re-education approaches
serves as the basis for new research questions and offers clues to rethinking how learning occurs.

Keywords
Feldenkrais, standing, movement science, rehabilitation, movement re-education, qualitative

Copyright ©: The copyright for this paper remains with the author(s).

First published: Doctoral Thesis, University of Illinois at Champaign, Urbana, USA (1995)

Please cite: Feldenkrais Research Journal, volume 2; 2005.

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