Handwriting: Three-dimensional kinetic synergies in circle drawing movements

Motor Control

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-352

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger; Force; Handwriting; Prehension; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCLE DRAWING TASK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TORQUE;

EID: 84865064157     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.16.3.329     Document Type: Article

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