TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Upper-extremity motor co-ordination of healthy elderly people
JO  - Age and ageing
A1  - Desrosiers, J.
A1  - Hébert, R.
A1  - Bravo, G.
A1  - Dutil, E.
SP  - 108
EP  - 112
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-0729
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -