Assistive technology to improve PC interaction for people with intention tremor

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-243

  Feys, Peter ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Romberg, Anders ^a,b,c,d,e   Ruutiainen, Juhani ^a,b,c,d,e   Davies Smith, Angela ^a,b,c,d,e   Jones, Rosemary ^a,b,c,d,e   Avizzano, Carlo Alberto ^a,b,c,d,e   Bergamasco, Massimo ^a,b,c,d,e   Ketelaer, Pierre ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Maskun Neurologinen Kuntoutuskeskus   (Finland)

^d Bristol General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Intention tremor; Multiple Sclerosis; PC interaction; Tremor control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

UPPER LIMBS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MICROCOMPUTER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; TREMOR; WORK DISABILITY;

COMPUTERS; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SOFTWARE; TREMOR;

EID: 0035707485     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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