Statistics Predict Kinematics of Hand Movements During Everyday Activity

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Slijper, Harm ^a   Richter, Janneke ^a   Over, Eelco ^a   Smeets, Jeroen ^b   Frens, Maarten ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arm movement; Bayesian statistics; Computer mouse; Kinematics; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER MOUSE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMECHANICS; HAND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 59249106850     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2009.10125922     Document Type: Article

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