Age differences in the expression of manual asymmetry

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-180

  Francis, K L ^a   Spirduso, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034067975     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107300243632     Document Type: Article

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