ArticleAge (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2016
Manual aiming in healthy aging: does proprioceptive acuity make the difference?
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- Normal aging affects unconstrained three-dimensional reaching against gravity with reduced vertical precision and increased co-contraction: a pilot study.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- Perturbation of cortical activity elicits regional and age-dependent effects on unconstrained reaching behavior: a pilot study.Experimental brain research · 2021Article
- Deterioration, Compensation and Motor Control Processes in Healthy Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- The multiple process model of goal-directed aiming/reaching: insights on limb control from various special populations.Experimental brain research · 2020Review
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- Proprioceptive deficits in inactive older adults are not reflected in fast targeted reaching movements.Experimental brain research · 2019Article
- Motor errors lead to enhanced performance in older adults.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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- Age-Related Decline of Wrist Position Sense and its Relationship to Specific Physical Training.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2017Article
- Physical Activity Predicts Performance in an Unpracticed Bimanual Coordination Task.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
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Abstract
The present study examines whether non-active older adults are more dependent on visual information when executing aiming movements and whether age-related declines in proprioception play a mediating role herein. Young (N = 40) and older adults (N = 38) were divided into physically active and non-active subgroups based on self-reported sports participation levels. In experiment 1, participants executed wrist-aiming movements with and without visual feedback. In experiment 2, passive proprioceptive acuity was assessed using wrist motion detection and position matching tests. Results showed similar aiming accuracy across age groups both with and without visual feedback, but older adults exhibited longer movement times, prolonged homing-in phase, and made more corrective submovements. Passive proprioceptive acuity was significantly affected by physical activity level and age, with participants in the active group scoring better than their non-active peers. However, these declines did not predict performance changes on the aiming task. Taken together, our observations suggest that decline in proprioceptive acuity did not predict performance changes on the aiming task and older adults were able to compensate for their decreased motion and position sense when allowed sufficient time. In line with these observations, we proposed that older adults are able to compensate for their decline in proprioception by increasing their reliance on predictive models.
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