Modulation of Force below 1 Hz: Age-Associated Differences and the Effect of Magnified Visual Feedback

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Fox, Emily J ^a   Baweja, Harsimran S ^a   Kim, Changki ^a   Kennedy, Deanna M ^a   Vaillancourt, David E ^a   Christou, Evangelos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873620398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055970     Document Type: Article

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