High frequency sensory stimulation improves tactile but not motor performance in older adults

Motor Control

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 460-477

  Voelcker Rehage, Claudia ^a   Godde, Ben ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Motor control; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECISION GRIP; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 78650214398     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.14.4.460     Document Type: Article

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