Manipulation of a fragile object by elderly individuals

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-516

  Gorniak, Stacey L ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^b   Latash, Mark L ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Elderly; Fragile object; Hand; Prehension; Safety margin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 79960961369     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2755-3     Document Type: Article

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