Role of proprioception and vision in handwriting

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 365-370

  Hepp Reymond, Marie Claude ^a   Chakarov, Vihren ^b,c   Schulte Mönting, Jürgen ^b   Huethe, Frank ^b   Kristeva, Rumyana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Feedback; Handwriting; Motor control; Proprioception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECORDING; TOUCH; VELOCITY; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSATION DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; WRITING;

EID: 67449126834     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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