Three-dimensional analysis of hand and finger movements during piano playing

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-23

  Ferrario, Virgilio F ^a   Macrì, Chiara ^b   Biffi, Emilia ^a   Pollice, Paolo ^c   Sforza, Chiarella ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana ^*  (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; ENERGY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PIANIST; RANK SUM TEST; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VELOCITY;

EID: 34047218303     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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