Does aging impair the capacity to use stored visuospatial information or online visual control to guide reach-to-grasp reactions evoked by unpredictable balance perturbation?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1238-1245

  Cheng, Kenneth C ^a,b,c   McKay, Sandra M ^a,b   King, Emily C ^a,b,d   Maki, Brian E ^a,b,c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm movements; Postural balance; Spatial working memory; Triggered reactions; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TIME PERCEPTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867519265     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls116     Document Type: Article

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