Quantification of dexterity as the dynamical regulation of instabilities: Comparisons across gender, age, and disease

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5 APR, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lawrence, Emily L ^a   Fassola, Isabella ^b   Werner, Inge ^c   Leclercq, Caroline ^b   Valero Cuevas, Francisco J ^a,c,d  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b CLINIQUE JOUVENET   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dexterity; Hand; Leg; Rehabilitation; Sensorimotor function; Sex differences; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXTERITY TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOBIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900988378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00053     Document Type: Article

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