Factors underlying age-related changes in discrete aiming

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1733-1744

  Van Halewyck, Florian ^a   Lavrysen, Ann ^a   Levin, Oron ^a   Boisgontier, Matthieu P ^a   Elliott, Digby ^b   Helsen, Werner F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Kinematics; Manual aiming; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY FEEDBACK; VELOCITY; VISUAL FEEDBACK; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929836993     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4247-3     Document Type: Article

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