Motor constancy and the upsizing of handwriting

Human Movement Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-587

  Phillips, James G ^a   Ogeil, Rowan P ^a   Best, Christopher ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Handwriting; Kinematics; Motor constancy; Motor equivalence; Motor program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOLS; SIZE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349116435     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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