Coupling and Irregularity in the aging motor system: Tremor and movement

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 433, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Hong, S Lee ^a   James, Eric G ^b   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Complexity; Coupling; Entropy; Motor Adaptation; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREMOR;

EID: 39649120095     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.12.056     Document Type: Article

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