Age-related differences in movement control: Adjusting submovement structure to optimize performance

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Walker, Neff ^a   Philbin, David A ^a   Fisk, Arthur D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031017024     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52b.1.p40     Document Type: Article

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