Effects of age and disability on tracking tasks with a computer mouse: Accuracy and linearity

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 6-15

  Riviere, Cameron N ^b   Thakor, Nitish V ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

human machine systems; movement; myoclonus; tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPUTERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TREMOR;

EID: 0030002993     PISSN: 0007506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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