A behaviour study of the effects of visual feedback on fluctuating isometric force production with force tracking tasks

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-381

  Hou, Wensheng ^a   Shen, Shan ^b   Szameitat, Andre J ^b   Jiang, Yingtao ^c   Zheng, Jun ^d   van Loon, Monique ^a   Sterr, Annette ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitts' law; Force production; Gain; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

FITTS' LAW; FORCE TRACKING; GAIN; GRIP FORCE; ISOMETRIC FORCE; MOVING TARGETS; REAL TIME; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 67349169014     PISSN: 17526418     EISSN: 17526426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.020067     Document Type: Article

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