Effect of training on interlimb transfer of dexterity skills in healthy adults

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Pereira, Eliza Annie Hillary ^a   Raja, Kavitha ^a   Gangavalli, Ranganath ^a  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Contralateral Hand Training; Hand Function; Hand Therapy; Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 78650719008     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181fc7f6f     Document Type: Article

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