Age-related differences in performance of stereotype arm movements: Movement and posture interaction

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-57

  Błaszczyk, Janusz W ^a   Lowe, Deborah L ^b   Hansen, Paul D ^c  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; man; movement; postural stability; posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031053114     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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