Relationship between hand stability and the 10-Hz physiological tremor during various manual tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-501

  Endo, Hiroshi ^a   Kawahara, Koichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Force tremor; Hand performance test; Hand stability; Physiological tremor; Postural tremor

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ERRORS; FORCE TREMOR; HAND MOVEMENT; LOW-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; MANUAL OPERATIONS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TWO-COMPONENT; VOLUNTARY CONTROLS;

FORCE CONTROL; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

STABILITY;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR;

ARM; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950888562     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903556336     Document Type: Article

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