Normal Aging and Motor Imagery Vividness: Implications for Mental Practice Training in Rehabilitation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1122-1127

  Malouin, Francine ^a   Richards, Carol L ^a   Durand, Anne ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RÉADAPTATION EN DÉFICIENCE PHYSIQUE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; KINESTHETIC AND VISUAL IMAGERY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; VISUAL MOTOR IMAGERY SCORE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77953871470     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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