Finger-tapping ability in male and female pianists and nonmusician controls

Motor Control

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-39

  Aoki, Tomoko ^a   Furuya, Shinichi ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finger; Gender difference; Piano; Tapping; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 17844380791     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.9.1.23     Document Type: Article

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