Old age impairs the use of arbitrary visual cues for predictive control of fingertip forces during grasp

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-41

  Cole, Kelly J ^a   Rotella, Diane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasp; Human; Motor control; Motor learning; Old age; Visuomotor association

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOMECHANICS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CUES; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036248865     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-001-0965-9     Document Type: Article

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