| Handwriting/Drawing
Movements |
|
Application
areas
- Kinematics
of handwriting
- Handwriting
performance/learning/skill acquisition
- Handwriting
as an indicator
Examples
- Measuring
effects of environmental factors on handwriting
- Handwriting
in
children, young adults, elderly and patients with movement
disorders
- Studying the
effects of drugs through handwriting performance
Relevant
Features
- Measures
speed, size, and variability in mouse and pen strokes
and many other features
- Delivers
an indication of the functioning of the neuromotor system
-
Multiword segmentation
- Submovement
analysis
- Real-time
feedback of handwriting
- Kinematic
parameters can be extracted, plotted and exported
- Statistical
analysis of data
Related
Literature/Publications
Van Den
Heuvel, C.E., Contreras-Vidal, J.L., Teulings, H.L., and
Stelmach, G.E. (1998). Effects of nicotine on visuomotor
adaptation*. Society for Neuroscience
Abstracts, 24, 421.
Van Gemmert,
A.W.A., Teulings, H.L., Contreras-Vidal, J.L., Stelmach,
G.E.
(1999). Parkinson's disease and the control of size and
speed in handwriting*. Neuropsychologia,
37, 685-694.
Poluha,
P.C., Teulings, H.L., Brookshire, R.H. (1998). Handwriting
and speech changes across the levodopa cycle in Parkinson's
disease*, Acta Psychologica,
100, 71-84.
Van Gemmert,
A.W.A., Teulings, H.L., & Stelmach, G.E. (1998).
The influence of mental and motor load on handwriting movements
in parkinsonian patients*.
Acta Psychologica, 100, 161-175.
*
- Experiment and data analysis conducted with MovAlyzeR/precedessors
of MovalyzeR/associated research & measurement concepts.
- Human
Computer Interface
- Analysis
of mouse movements
- Aiming/reaching
tasks
- Hand-eye coordination
Examples
Relevant
features
- Presentation
of visual and sound stimuli on the screen
- Precue and
warning stimuli
- Interactive
and animated stimuli/targets
- Submovement
Analysis
- Kinematic parameters
can be extracted, plotted and exported
- Statistical
analysis of data
Related
Literature/Publications:
Romero
DH & Teulings HL (2003). Submovement
Analysis in Goal-Directed Pen Movements*,
In HL Teulings & AWA Van Gemmert (Eds.), Proceedings
of the 11th Conference of the International Graphonomics
Society, pp. 103-106, Scottsdale, Arizona: IGS.
Teulings,
H.L. & Van Gemmert, W.A. (2003). Goal-directed movements
in menu selection in computer-user-interfaces*.
H.L. Teulings, Van Gemmert, A.W.A. (Eds.), Proceedings
of the 11th Conference of the International Graphonomics
Society (IGS2003), 2-3 November 2003, Scottsdale, Arizona,
USA. ISBN 0-9746365-0-9. (p. 99-102) (poster).
Teulings,
H.L. (2001). Optimization of Movement Duration in Accurate
Handwriting Strokes in Different Directions in Young,
Elderly, and Parkinsonian Subjects*.
In R.G.J. Meulenbroek and B. Steenbergen (Eds.), Proceedings
of the 10th Biennial Conference of the International Graphonomics
Society (pp. 40-45). Nijmegen, The Netherlands. ISBN 90
373 0583 0
*
- Experiment and data analysis conducted with MovAlyzeR/precedessors
of MovalyzeR/associated research & measurement concepts.
- Courses focusing
on human motor control, development, performance, behavior
or skill acquisition, human kinetics, gerontology, psychology,
movement disorders
- Demonstrations
and seminars for students on concepts involving fine
motor system.
Examples
Bimanual
Tasks/Grip-Pinch Force Measurements |
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Many
daily tasks require producing a specific
grip force with one or two hands, e.g.,
opening a capped bottle. A unique device
has been produced to measure the grip
in each and the pulling force as a
function of time.
