Understanding hand motor control in healthy aging: muscle mechanics and neural control of the aging hand

Understanding hand motor control in healthy aging: muscle mechanics and neural control of the aging hand - Understanding hand motor control in healthy aging

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON40858

Enrollment

Registered

2014-10-28

Start date

2015-02-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-23

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Conditions

effect of aging

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Young subjects: between 18-30 age, all subjects must be right-handed. - Elderly subjects: between 65-80 years, all subjects must be right-handed and pass the mini-mental state examination (score 25 or higher on a total of 30 ).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Presence of wrist pain, previous hand or wrist trauma, previous surgery, and a history of inflammatory arthritis - Experience with playing musical instruments for more than two years over the course of the last five years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Biomechanics of the hand (tendon displacement and muscle activation) and finger independence ( hand kinematics and individuation index) between young and elderly.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results