Age effects on rotational hand action

Human Movement Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 502-518

  SKM, Varadhan ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hand; Prehension; Rotation; Safety margin; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; THUMB; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PRONATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPINATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84863815923     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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