Aging and Variability of Voluntary Contractions
- 1 April 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
- Vol. 39 (2), 77-84
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jes.0b013e31820b85ab
Abstract
Older adults exhibit greater motor variability, which impairs their accuracy and function, compared with young adults. Low-intensity training that emphasizes muscle coordination reduces variability in older adults. Furthermore, a low amount of visual feedback minimizes age-associated differences in variability. We hypothesize that an intervention that combines muscle coordination and reduced visual feedback would be advantageous to improve motor control in older adults.Keywords
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