Thumb motor performance varies by movement orientation, direction, and device size during single-handed mobile phone use

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-59

  Trudeau, Matthieu B ^a   Udtamadilok, Tawan ^a   Karlson, Amy K ^b   Dennerlein, Jack T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; Fitts' law; keypad interface; motor control; texting

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FACTORS; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DEVICE SIZES; EFFECTIVE WIDTH; FITTS' LAW; FLEXION-EXTENSION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPEATED MEASURES; TEXTING;

BIOMECHANICS; DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; MOBILE PHONES; USER INTERFACES;

TELEPHONE SETS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CELLULAR PHONE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THUMB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856502280     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811423660     Document Type: Article

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