Aging affects the mental simulation/planning of the " rising from the floor" sequence

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Saimpont, Arnaud ^a,b   Mourey, France ^a,b   Manckoundia, Patrick ^a,b   Pfitzenmeyer, Pierre ^a,b   Pozzo, Thierry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Centre Gériatrique de Champmaillot   (France)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action planning of elderly; Motor imagery; Rising from the floor; Sequencing of images

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77957373128     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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