ArticleExperimental brain research2013
Age-related differences in finger force control are characterized by reduced force production.
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Innovative Hand Rehabilitation System With Synchronized Contralateral Haptic Feedback
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23 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Motor control differs for increasing and decreasing force production during ankle Isometric exercises in children.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2023Article
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- Motor and Physical Function Impairments as Contributors to Slow Gait Speed and Mobility Difficulty in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2022Article
- Electrophysiological signatures of dedifferentiation differ between fit and less fit older adults.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2021Article
- Effects of force level and task difficulty on force control performance in elderly people.Experimental brain research · 2020Article
- Sensor-based systems for early detection of dementia (SENDA): a study protocol for a prospective cohort sequential study.BMC neurology · 2020Article
- How Age, Cognitive Function and Gender Affect Bimanual Force Control.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Peg-manipulation capabilities of middle-aged adults have a greater influence on pegboard times than those of young and old adults.Experimental brain research · 2018Article
- Increased enslaving in elderly is associated with changes in neural control of the extrinsic finger muscles.Experimental brain research · 2018Article
- Improved Neural Control of Movements Manifests in Expertise-Related Differences in Force Output and Brain Network Dynamics.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Manual Dexterity and Aging: A Pilot Study Disentangling Sensorimotor From Cognitive Decline.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
- A framework for identifying the adaptations responsible for differences in pegboard times between middle-aged and older adults.Experimental gerontology · 2017Article
- Dynamical signatures of isometric force control as a function of age, expertise, and task constraints.Journal of neurophysiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
It has been repeatedly shown that precise finger force control declines with age. The tasks and evaluation parameters used to reveal age-related differences vary between studies. In order to examine effects of task characteristics, young adults (18-25 years) and late middle-aged adults (55-65 years) performed precision grip tasks with varying speed and force requirements. Different outcome variables were used to evaluate age-related differences. Age-related differences were confirmed for performance accuracy (TWR) and variability (relative root mean square error, rRMSE). The task characteristics, however, influenced accuracy and variability in both age groups: Force modulation performance at higher speed was poorer than at lower speed and at fixed force levels than at force levels adjusted to the individual maximum forces. This effect tended to be stronger for older participants for the rRMSE. A curve fit confirmed the age-related differences for both spatial force tracking parameters (amplitude and intercept) and for one temporal parameter (phase shift), but not for the temporal parameter frequency. Additionally, matching the timing parameters of the sine wave seemed to be more important than matching the spatial parameters in both young adults and late middle-aged adults. However, the effect was stronger for the group of late middle-aged, even though maximum voluntary contraction was not significantly different between groups. Our data indicate that changes in the processing of fine motor control tasks with increasing age are caused by difficulties of late middle-aged adults to produce a predefined amount of force in a short time.
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