Practice effects on motor control in healthy seniors and patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 385-410

  Yan, Jin ^a   Dick, Malcolm ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746889767     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/138255890969609     Document Type: Article

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