Journal of Hand Therapy
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 63-72 , January 2010

Training Grip Control with a Fitts' Paradigm: A Pilot Study in Chronic Stroke

  • Nam Hun Kim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to Nam Hun Kim, PhD, Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052;

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 Adaptations from previous work: This paper has been adapted from an abstract presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC).

 Funding support: Supported by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) grant from National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

PII: S0894-1130(09)00134-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2009.10.004

Journal of Hand Therapy
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 63-72 , January 2010

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