Older adults demonstrate reduced performance in a Fitts' task involving cervical spine movement

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 352-363

  Passmore, Steven R ^a,b   Burke, Jeanmarie ^a   Lyons, Jim ^b  

^a NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 35848931023     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: 15432777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.24.4.352     Document Type: Article

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