Hand kinematics of piano playing

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2849-2864

  Furuya, Shinichi ^a   Flanders, Martha ^a   Soechting, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Individuated finger movements; Multijoint movements; Principal component analysis; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSIC; POSTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83055186791     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00378.2011     Document Type: Article

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