Practicing a functional task improves steadiness with hand muscles in older adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1531-1537

  Marmon, Adam R ^a   Gould, Jeffrey R ^b   Enoka, Roger M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

AGING; GROOVED PEGBOARD; HAND FUNCTION; PRACTICE

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961029898     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182100439     Document Type: Article

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