The effect of body orientation on a point-to-point movement in healthy elderly persons

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Nilsen, Dawn M ^a   Kaminski, Terry R ^a   Gordon, Andrew M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm movement; Evidence based practice; Gravity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCAPULA; SENESCENCE; SHOULDER; SITTING; VELOCITY; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION;

EID: 0037267857     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.1.99     Document Type: Article

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