A note on time-frequency analysis of finger tapping

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-28

  Liu, Wei ^a   Forrester, Larry ^a   Whitall, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast fourier transform (FFT); Finger tapping; Time frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; FINGER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; VELOCITY;

BIOMECHANICS; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 31144467827     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.38.1.18-28     Document Type: Article

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