The forces behind the words: Development of the Kinetic Pen

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2060-2064

  Hooke, Alexander W ^a   Park, Jaebum ^a   Shim, Jae Kun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Force; Handwriting; Kinetics; Motor control; Three dimensions

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSORS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; KINEMATICS;

CONTACT POINTS; HANDWRITING; MOTOR CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS;

FORCE MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND GRIP; HANDWRITING; KINETIC PEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; HANDWRITING; KINETICS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 44649147035     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.036     Document Type: Article

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