Spiral drawing performance as an indicator of fine motor function in people with multiple sclerosis

Human Movement Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 474-491

  Longstaff, M G ^a   Heath, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fine motor control; Multiple sclerosis; Spiral drawing; Spirography; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ART; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREMOR;

EID: 33749840013     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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