The relationship between physiological tremor and the performance of rapid alternating movements in healthy elderly subjects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 412-418

  Duval, C ^a   Panisset, Michel ^b   Sadikot, A F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Human; Physiological tremor; Power distribution; Pronation supination; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PRONE POSITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUPINE POSITION; TREMOR;

EID: 0034896299     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100780     Document Type: Article

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