Different neural adjustments improve endpoint accuracy with practice in young and old adults

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 3340-3350

  Christou, Evangelos A ^a,b   Poston, Brach ^a   Enoka, Joel A ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINGER; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34447340567     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01138.2006     Document Type: Article

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