Development and evaluation of a low-cost sensor glove for assessment of human finger movements in neurophysiological settings

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-147

  Gentner, Reinhard ^a,b   Classen, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finger movement kinematics; Resistive bend sensors; Sensor glove; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FINGER; GLOVE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; SENSOR GLOVE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINGERS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 59249094359     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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