The dynamics of human isometric pointing movements under varying accuracy requirements

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-52

  Billon, Magali ^a   Bootsma, Reinoud J ^a   Mottet, Denis ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Aiming; Fitts' law; Force; Human; Trajectory formation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034717082     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01089-2     Document Type: Article

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