Influence of age and gender in motor performance in healthy subjects

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Jiménez Jiménez, Félix Javier ^a,b   Calleja, Marisol ^a   Alonso Navarro, Hortensia ^a   Rubio, Lluisa ^b   Navacerrada, Francisco ^a   Pilo De La Fuente, Belén ^a   Plaza Nieto, José Francisco ^a   Arroyo Solera, Margarita ^a   García Ruiz, Pedro J ^c   García Martín, Elena ^d   Agúndez, José A G ^d  

^a Hospital Universitario del Sureste de Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Motor performance; Movement time; Reaction time; Timed tests; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRONATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPINATION; WALKING;

EID: 79951517061     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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