Presbypropria: The effects of physiological ageing on proprioceptive control

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1179-1194

  Boisgontier, Matthieu P ^a   Olivier, Isabelle ^a   Chenu, Olivier ^a   Nougier, Vincent ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Dual task; Elderly; Joint position sense; Proprioception; Sensory integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSITION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION; PRESBYACUSIS; PRESBYOPIA; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867119877     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9300-y     Document Type: Article

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