Aging and Motor Learning of a Functional Motor Task

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Tunney, Niamh ^a   Taylor, Leslie F ^a   Gaddy, Mandy ^a   Rosenfeld, Amie ^a   Pearce, Neal ^a   Tamanini, Jeff ^a   Treby, Alison ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Motor learning; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING AID;

EID: 1542267844     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J148v21n03_01     Document Type: Article

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