Differences in motor control of an aiming task in different group ages of the elderly
Motriz (Online)
; 24(3): e015017, 2018. tab, ilus
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ABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate how different age groups of older adults perform and control movements in a goal-directed aiming task and the importance of visual feedback during these movements. Methods:
Participants included 22 old adults, divided in two age groups younger (60-70 yr) and older (80-90 yr). Subjects performed the task in a condition with vision and in a condition where vision was deprived.Results:
In the vision condition, younger subjects showed smaller movement and reaction times, smaller radial errors, higher peak velocities, lower relative times to reach peak velocity than older subjects. In the vision-deprived condition the same results were found, except for radial error measure, where no significant effect for age groups was found.Conclusion:
Younger subjects seemed to rely more on visual online feedback than older subjects and older subjects use other sensory sources to meet the possible deficits of information obtained by vision.(AU)Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Desempenho Psicomotor
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Idoso
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Retroalimentação Sensorial
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Movimento
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Motriz (Online)
Assunto da revista:
EducaÆo F¡sica e Treinamento
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Medicina Esportiva
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Medicina F¡sica e ReabilitaÆo
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil