Improvement of sensorimotor functions in old age by passive sensory stimulation

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-690

  Kalisch, Tobias ^a   Tegenthoff, Martin ^b   Dinse, Hubert R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Coactivation; Cortical plasticity; Intervention; Sensorimotor performance; Tactile acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RECOGNITION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE MEMORY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

AGED; AGING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 60749099190     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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