Motor performance and motor learning as a function of age and fitness

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-146

  Etnier, Jennifer L ^a   Landers, Daniel M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalograph; Spectral alpha

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0032087782     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1998.10607679     Document Type: Article

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