Greater amount of visual information exacerbates force control in older adults during constant isometric contractions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-361

  Kennedy, Deanna M ^a   Christou, Evangelos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; EMG; Force variability; Visual gain

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INTEROSSEUS MUSCLE; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053930947     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2777-x     Document Type: Article

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