Influence of age and movement complexity on kinematic hand movement parameters in childhood and adolescence

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 655-663

  Rueckriegel, Stefan Mark ^a   Blankenburg, Friederike ^a   Burghardt, Roland ^a   Ehrlich, Stefan ^a   Henze, Günter ^a   Mergl, Roland ^b   Hernáiz Driever, Pablo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Digitizing tablet; Hand writing development; Kinematic analysis; Maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEACHING;

EID: 53049098283     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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