The influence of motor system degradation on the control of handwriting movements: A dynamical systems analysis

Human Movement Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-110

  Longstaff, Mitchell G ^a   Heath, R A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Dynamical systems analysis; Fine motor control; Handwriting; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SPIROGRAPHY; STRESS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREMOR; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037320306     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(03)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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