Sensorimotor Impairment in the Elderly /

The motivation behind this volume is to provide the reader with some coherence in the widely scattered literature on motor impairments in the elderly. The volume appraises the main theoretical ideas which currently characterize sensorimotor research on the older adult. The book is organized around f...

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Main Author: Stelmach, George E.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hömberg, Volker
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1993.
Series:NATO ASI series. Behavioural and social sciences ; 75.
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Summary:The motivation behind this volume is to provide the reader with some coherence in the widely scattered literature on motor impairments in the elderly. The volume appraises the main theoretical ideas which currently characterize sensorimotor research on the older adult. The book is organized around five topic themes: sensorimotor integration, age changes in muscle, posture and locomotion, neurological diseases, and effects of retraining. The chapters in each of the theme topics discuss many of the currently debated questions on the sensorimotor mechanisms, and how they are altered by aging processes. Many disciplines have interest in how such mechanisms change with age - kinesiologists, physiologists, psychologists, physical therapists and clinicians, be they working in academe, physical medicine, or rehabilitation. All should find the proceedings from this ARW valuable.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 460 pages)
ISBN:9789401119764 (electronic bk.)
9401119767 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0258-123X ;