Effects of age and gender on finger coordination in MVC and submaximal force-matching tasks

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 259-270

  Shinohara, Minoru ^a   Li, Sheng ^a   Kang, Ning ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Force production; Hand; Human; Maximal voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE;

EID: 0037216359     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00643.2002     Document Type: Article

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