Sensorimotor Impairment in the Elderly

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nordic Comparison of 75-Year-Olds - Sensory and Psychomotor Functions....Pages 3-13
Motor Performance as a Paradigm reflecting the Aging Process....Pages 15-29
Decline of Psychomotor Performance: Calender or Health?....Pages 31-39
The Influence of Aging on Motor Skill Learning....Pages 41-56
The Decline of Spatial and Temporal Abilities with Age....Pages 57-72
Age-Related Slowing....Pages 73-87
Aging and Plasticity of the Human Motor System: Evidence from Positron Emission Tomography (PET)....Pages 89-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Myoelectric Signs of Muscle Fatigue and Physiological Tremor from Childhood to Seniority....Pages 103-127
Muscle Force Generation and Age: The Role of Sex Hormones....Pages 129-141
What is the Cause of the Ageing Atrophy? Assessment of the Fiber Type Composition in Whole Human Muscles....Pages 143-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Cognitive Processes Involved for Maintaining Postural Stability While Standing and Walking....Pages 157-168
Mobility Biomechanics in Young and Old Healthy Adults....Pages 169-174
Postural Control in Normal Subjects and Older Women Who Have Fallen....Pages 175-191
Postural Responses of the Elderly: Comparisons with Vestibular-Deficit Subjects....Pages 193-208
Modulations of Gait in Normal Aging and in Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 209-230
Age-Related Changes in Visually Guided Locomotion Over Different Terrains: Major Issues....Pages 231-252
Optical Flow as a Factor in Falling: The Case for More Research....Pages 253-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Motor Slowness in Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 265-291
Timing in Perceptual and Motor Tasks in Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 293-309
Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Handwriting Size, Force, and Time: Cues to Early Markers of Parkinson’s Disease?....Pages 311-327
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Procedural Memory, Motor Skill and Degenerative Neurological Disease....Pages 329-354
Effect of Age, Chronic Diseases and Parkinsonism on Postural Control....Pages 355-373
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Improvements in Balance in the Elderly Through Training in Sensory Organization Abilities....Pages 377-392
Age and Practice Effects on Force Control of the Thumb and Index Fingers in Precision Pinching and Bilateral Coordination....Pages 393-412
Sensorimotor Adaptability in the Elderly and Disabled....Pages 413-426
Years of Physical Activity Can Affect Simple and Complex Cognitive/Motor Speed in Older Adults....Pages 427-439
Back Matter....Pages 441-460