Age-related changes in the joint position sense of the human hand

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 499-507

  Kalisch, Tobias ^a,b   Kattenstroth, Jan Christoph ^b   Kowalewski, Rebecca ^b   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a   Dinse, Hubert R ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Hand functions; Joint position sense

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872347525     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S37573     Document Type: Article

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