@article{ref1,
title="Upper-extremity motor co-ordination of healthy elderly people",
journal="Age and ageing",
year="1995",
author="Desrosiers, J. and Hébert, R. and Bravo, G. and Dutil, E.",
volume="24",
number="2",
pages="108-112",
abstract="Motor co-ordination is an important prerequisite to adequate upper-extremity performance. With the ageing of the population, more and more elderly people are at risk of acquiring upper-extremity motor inco-ordination following sensorimotor deficit. The main objective of the study was to develop normative data on upper-extremity motor co-ordination for elderly people. Three hundred and sixty subjects aged 60 and over were randomly selected and evaluated with the Finger-Nose Test. The results revealed a linear decline in the performance of this test with age. Younger, more active and subjectively healthier subjects presented better motor co-ordination. Some differences were found between sexes and sides. The normative data will help clinicians to identify pathological reduction in motor co-ordination in an elderly population.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-0729",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}