Age-related changes in the control of perturbation-evoked and voluntary arm movements

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2025-2033

  Weaver, Tyler B ^a   Hamilton, Lauren E ^a   Tokuno, Craig D ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Balance; Electromyography; Postural perturbation; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84865787062     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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