Handwriting: Hand-pen contact force synergies in circle drawing tasks

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2249-2253

  Shim, Jae Kun ^a,b,c,d   Hooke, Alexander W ^a   Kim, You Sin ^a   Park, Jaebum ^a   Karol, Sohit ^a   Kim, Yoon Hyuk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Force; Handwriting; Kinetics; Motor redundancy; Three dimensions

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR POSITIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CLOCK WISE; CONCENTRIC CIRCLES; CONTACT FORCES; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; FORCE; FORCE COMPONENT; HANDWRITING; NORMAL COMPONENT; NORMAL FORCES; SYNERGISTIC ACTION; TANGENTIAL COMPONENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SPACE;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; REDUNDANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; FORCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955550642     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.04.033     Document Type: Article

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