The effect of lifelong exercise on psychomotor reaction time: A study of 38 pairs of male monozygotic twins

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1445-1450

  Simonen, Riitta L ^a   Videman, Tapio ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a   Gibbons, Laura E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decision Time; Motor Skills; Movement Time; Occupational Physical Load; Physical Activity; Physical Fitness; Twin Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031709399     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199809000-00015     Document Type: Article

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