Kinematic analysis of multiple constraints on a pointing task

Human Movement Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-26

  Thompson, Shelby G ^a   McConnell, Daniel S ^a   Slocum, Jeremy S ^a   Bohan, Michael ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aimed movements; Display gain; Fitts' law; Kinematics; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLOTS AND CURVES; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MINICOMPUTERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33846135398     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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