Homolateral hand and foot coordination in trained older women

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 309-315

  Capranica, Laura ^a   Tessitore, Antonio ^a   Olivieri, Berardo ^a   Pesce, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand and foot coordination, homolateral; Rhythmic gymnastics; Sedentary older individual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LIMB; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TRAINING; WRIST;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYMNASTICS; HAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 23944454619     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086367     Document Type: Article

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