The influence of age and work-related expertise on fine motor control

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Vieluf, Solveig ^a   Mahmoodi, Jasmin ^a,b   Godde, Ben ^a   Reuter, Eva Maria ^a   Voelcker Rehage, Claudia ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

aging; fine motor control; force maintenance task; precision grip; work related expertise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; FORCE INITIALIZATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE FINGER; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

EID: 84870608772     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000071     Document Type: Article

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