Capit timed tests quantify age-related motor decline in normal subjects

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 283-285

  Ruiz, Pedro J Garcia ^a   Bernardos, Vicenta Sanchez ^a   Bartolomé, Manuel ^a   Torres, Araceli García ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age related motor decline; Healthy subjects; Timed tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34547701891     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.04.034     Document Type: Article

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