Force and impulse production during the use of a touch screen by individuals with motor control disabilities

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1317-1320

  Irwin, Curt B ^a   Meyer, Robert H ^a   Yen, Thomas Y ^a   Kelso, David P ^a   Sesto, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DWELL TIME; CEREBRAL PALSY; DWELL TIME; FORCE PLATE; GROCERY STORES; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; MOTOR CONTROL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEAK FORCE; THREE DIMENSIONS; TOUCH SCREEN; TOUCH-SCREEN INTERACTION; USABILITY RESEARCH;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 78049360420     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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