Thumb motor performance varies with thumb and wrist posture during single-handed mobile phone use

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2349-2354

  Trudeau, Matthieu B ^a   Young, Justin G ^a   Jindrich, Devin L ^b   Dennerlein, Jack T ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Grip; Human computer interaction; Joint kinematics; Mobile device; Motor control; Posture; Tapping; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

GRIP; JOINT KINEMATICS; MOTOR CONTROL; POSTURE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

MOBILE DEVICES; TAPPING (THREADS); TELEPHONE SETS;

DESIGN;

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSION; FEMALE; FLEXION; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT POSTURE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; WRIST;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; THUMB; WRIST;

EID: 84865863202     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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