Aging and the perception of a racket's sweet spot

Human Movement Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Carello, Claudia ^a   Thuot, Steve ^a   Turvey, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

2320; 2330; 2820; Aging; Center of percussion; Dynamic touch; Inertia; Power law behavior; Sweet spot

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042415726     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(99)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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