Age-related deficit in a bimanual joint position matching task is amplitude dependent

The cognitive load associated with joint position sense increases with age but does not necessarily result in impaired performance in a joint position matching task. It is still unclear which factors interact with age to predict matching performance. To test whether movement amplitude and direction...

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Main Authors: Matthieu P. Boisgontier, Stephan Patrick Swinnen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00162/full