Trial reportPloS one2013
Grasping the changes seen in older adults when reaching for objects of varied texture.
Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Manual dexterity among older adults with and without sarcopenia.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Can the left hand benefit from being right? The influence of body side on perceived grasping ability.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2024Article
- The effects of age and postural constraints on prehension.Experimental brain research · 2023Article
- How far can I reach? The perception of upper body action capabilities in Parkinson's disease.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2021Article
- Age-related differences in functional tool-use are due to changes in movement quality and not simply motor slowing.Experimental brain research · 2021Article
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- Online Control of Prehension Predicts Performance on a Standardized Motor Assessment Test in 8- to 12-Year-Old Children.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Faster but Less Careful Prehension in Presence of High, Rather than Low, Social Status Attendees.PloS one · 2016Article
- Bodily action penetrates affective perception.PeerJ · 2016Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Old age is associated with reduced mobility of the hand. To investigate age related decline when reaching-to-lift an object we used sophisticated kinematic apparatus to record reaches carried out by healthy older and younger participants. Three objects of different widths were placed at three different distances, with objects having either a high or low friction surface (i.e. rough or slippery). Older participants showed quantitative differences to their younger counterparts - movements were slower and peak speed did not scale with object distance. There were also qualitative differences with older adults showing a greater propensity to stop the hand and adjust finger position before lifting objects. The older participants particularly struggled to lift wide slippery objects, apparently due to an inability to manipulate their grasp to provide the level of precision necessary to functionally enclose the object. These data shed light on the nature of age related changes in reaching-to-grasp movements and establish a powerful technique for exploring how different product designs will impact on prehensile behavior.
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