Efficient control of arm movements in advanced age

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-94

  Lee, Gyusung ^a   Fradet, Laetitia ^a   Ketcham, Caroline J ^a   Dounskaia, Natalia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arm movement; Force production; Joint control; Multi joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHOULDER;

EID: 33846698978     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0648-7     Document Type: Article

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