Effects of age, sex and arm on the accuracy of arm position sense – Left-arm superiority in healthy right-handers

Effects of age, sex and arm on the accuracy of arm position sense – Left-arm superiority in healthy right-handers

Position sense is an important proprioceptive ability. Disorders of arm position sense (APS) often occur after unilateral stroke, and are associated with a negative functional outcome. In the present study we assessed horizontal APS by measuring angular deviations from a visually defined target sepa...

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Main Authors: Lena eSchmidt, Lena eDepper, Georg eKerkhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Aging
Proprioception
Stroke
gender
body
Sex
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00915/full

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