Influences of aging, gender, and handedness on motor performance of upper and lower extremities

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 515-525

  Kauranen, Kari ^a,b   Vanharanta, Heikki ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030120435     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.2.515     Document Type: Article

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