Field evaluation of cycled coupled movements of hand and foot in older individuals

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 399-406

  Capranica, Laura ^a   Tessitore, Antonio ^a   Olivieri, Berardo ^a   Minganti, Carlo ^a   Pesce, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field evaluation; Homolateral hand and foot coordination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 5644221310     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080178     Document Type: Article

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