Normal aging reduces motor synergies in manual pointing

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200.e1-200.e10

  Verrel, Julius ^a   Lövdén, Martin ^a,b   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Coordination; Movement; Pointing; Uncontrolled manifold; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL POINTING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYNERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 81355123312     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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