Effect of age and Parkinson's disease on cursor positioning using a mouse
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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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“…phases (Ketcham and Stelmach 2004), and consist of smaller sub-movements punctuated with small verification pauses in place of the primary ballistic movement typical of younger adults (Keates and Trewin 2005; Keates, Trewin, and Paradise 2005; Ketcham and Stelmach 2004; Smith et al. 1999).”
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- Authors
- Keates, S., & Trewin, S.
- Affiliations
- IBM (United States) (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 7th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2005-10-09
- Pages
- 68-75
- OpenAlex
- W2013207568
- Cited by
- 100
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 9 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 3.63
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) (publishedVersion)
- Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich) (submittedVersion)
- Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- American Parkinson Disease Association
- Parkinson Vereniging
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Interactive and Immersive Displays
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Keywords
- Parkinson's disease, aging, cursor positioning, mouse input, motor impairment, visual impairment, older adults, human-computer interaction, movement metrics
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