Improving Mouse Controlling and Movement for People with Parkinson’s Disease and Involuntary Tremor Using Adaptive Path Smoothing Technique via B-Spline.
Many input devices are available for interacting with computers, but the computer mouse is still the most popular device for interaction. People who suffer from involuntary tremor have difficulty using the mouse in the normal way. The target participants of this research were individuals who suffer...
| Publicado en: | Assistive Technology Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 96 - 105 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Summer2013
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