A comparison of hand and foot movement times

Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 397-406

  Hoffmann, Errol R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ballistic movements; Fitts' Law; Hand foot movements

Indexed keywords

VISION;

BALLISTIC MOVEMENTS; FITTS LAW; FOOT MOVEMENTS; HAND MOVEMENTS; VISUALLY CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; FOOT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CUES; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; ROTATION; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; VISION;

EID: 0026142258     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139108967324     Document Type: Article

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