title: Fine motor skills of the hands in Polish and Czech female senior citizens from different backgrounds.
abstract: The aim of the present study was an in-depth analysis of fine motor skills of the hands in elderly women from different socio-cultural backgrounds. The research also included analysis of the associations of age with the variables assessing right- and left-hand motor skills and its effect on hand performance asymmetry. The study examined 486 women over the age of 60. The study measured dominant and non-dominant hand performance using the motor performance series test battery (aiming, line tracking, inserting pins, tapping) from the Vienna test system. The best results in the tests assessing coordinated hand movements were achieved by the group of elderly women attending a University of the Third Age in Poland. This may be the result of a larger variety of physical activity programs offered at this type of institution. However, due to the cross-sectional design of the study, additional research of a longitudinal nature needs to be performed using the same sample of individuals to draw any definitive conclusions. Additionally, a decrease in the differences between dominant and non-dominant hand function with age was observed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skrzek
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Přidalová
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sebastjan
authors.forename: Dominika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harásková
authors.forename: Jaroslaw
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fugiel
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ignasiak
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Slawinska
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rozek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis