A technique for removal of the visuoperceptual component from tracking performance and its application to Parkinson's disease

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1001-1010

  Jones, Richard D ^a,b   Donaldson, Ivan M ^a,b   Sharman, Neil B ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; BRAIN; DISEASES; MANUAL CONTROL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BRAIN DISORDERS; COMPLEX SENSORY MOTOR TASKS; DYNAMIC VISUOPERCEPTION; MEAN TRACKING ERROR; ORDER EFFECTS; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CROSSOVER DESIGN; VISUOPERCEPTUAL BUFFER ZONE;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030272686     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.536901     Document Type: Article

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