The effect of aging on dynamic position sense at the ankle

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 593-603

  Verschueren, S M P ^a   Brumagne, S ^a   Swinnen, S P ^a   Cordo, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Human; Muscle spindles; Position sense; Tendon vibration; Velocity sense

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; ERROR; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; SKIN RECEPTOR; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REFLEX, STRETCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SENSATION; TENDONS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037111923     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00224-3     Document Type: Article

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