Are visual feedback delays responsible for aging-related increases in force variability?

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-415

  Sosnoff, Jacob J ^a   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548821014     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730701525311     Document Type: Article

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