The aging hand

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-152

  Carmeli, Eli ^a   Patish, Hagar ^a   Coleman, Raymond ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANATOMY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ERGOMETRY; FINGER NAIL; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENILE OSTEOPOROSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TENDON; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037321824     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.2.m146     Document Type: Review

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