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Effect of age and Parkinson's disease on cursor positioning using a mouse

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Assets '05: Proceedings of the 7th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1090785.1090800

Published: 09 October 2005 Publication History

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Point-and-click tasks are known to present difficulties to users with physical impairments, particularly motor- or vision-based, and to older adults. This paper presents the results of a study to quantify and understand the effects of age and impairment on the ability to perform such tasks. Results from four separate user groups are presented and compared using metrics that describe the features of the movements made. Distinct differences in behaviour between all of the user groups are observed and the reasons for those differences are discussed.

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Effect of age and Parkinson's disease on cursor positioning using a mouse
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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