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© 1995 Oxford University Press

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Upper-extremity Motor Co-ordination of Healthy Elderly People

JOHANNE DESROSIERS, RÉJEAN HÉBERT, GINA BRAVO and ÉLISABETH DUTIL

Centre de recherche en gérontologie et gériatrie, Hôpital D'Youville de Sherbrooke 1036 Belvédère Sud, Sherbrooke (Québec) J1H 4C4 Canada
Ecole de readaptation, Universite de Montreal Canada

Motor co-ordination is an important prerequisite to adequate upper-extremity performance. With the ageing of the population, more and more elderly people are at risk of acquiring upper-extremity motor inco-ordination following sensorimotor deficit. The main objective of the study was to develop normative data on upper-extremity motor co-ordination for elderly people. Three hundred and sixty subjects aged 60 and over were randomly selected and evaluated with the Finger-Nose Test. The results revealed a linear decline in the performance of this test with age. Younger, more active and subjectively healthier subjects presented better motor co-ordination. Some differences were found between sexes and sides. The normative data will help clinicians to identify pathological reduction in motor co-ordination in an elderly population.

Received June 13, 1994;
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