Kinematics of arm movements in elderly humans

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 159-165

  Cooke, J D ^a   Brown, S H ^a   Cunningham, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Human; Kinematics; Motor dysfunction; Movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0024351753     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(89)90025-0     Document Type: Article

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