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We would like to thank all subjects participating in the study, the students and interns assisting in carrying out the experiments and Britta Molter and Dirk Hormann for carefully proofreading the manuscript (DFG VO 1432/7-1).
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Voelcker-Rehage, C., Reuter, EM., Vieluf, S., Godde, B. (2013). Influence of Age and Expertise on Manual Dexterity in the Work Context: The Bremen-Hand-Study@Jacobs. In: Schlick, C., Frieling, E., Wegge, J. (eds) Age-Differentiated Work Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35057-3_17
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