Effect of age and gender in the control of elbow flexion movements

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-399

  Buchman, A S ^a   Leurgans, S ^a   Gottlieb, G L ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Almeida, G L ^a   Corcos, D M ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Arm movements; EMG; Gender; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 0033711480     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890009601388     Document Type: Article

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