Aging and movement errors when lifting and lowering light loads

Age

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-407

  Christou, Evangelos A ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonist muscles; EMG; Motor output variability; Movement control; Muscle synergy; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; LIFTING EFFORT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655145888     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-010-9190-4     Document Type: Article

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