Determining the effectiveness of pencil grips: An electromyographical analysis

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-62

  Ferriell, Brittany R ^a   Fogo, Jennifer L ^a   McDaniel, Sheila A ^a   Schillig, Lisa R ^a   Shehorn, Angela R ^a,b   Stringfellow, John K ^a   Varney II, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic tripod grasp; Handwriting; Occupational therapy; Pencil grips; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032703453     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J003v12n01_04     Document Type: Review

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