Isometric pinch force control and learning in older adults

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-199

  Lazarus, Jo Anne C ^a   Haynes, Jonanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030973521     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610739708254032     Document Type: Article

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