Diminished joint coordination with aging leads to more variable hand paths

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 768-784

  Dutta, Geetanjali Gera ^a   Freitas, Sandra Maria Sbeghen Ferreira ^b   Scholz, John Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Coordination; Reaching; Uncontrolled manifold analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HAND JOINT; HUMAN; JOINT COORDINATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; VARIANCE;

2330; AGING; COORDINATION; REACHING; UNCONTROLLED MANIFOLD ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84884282026     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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