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Table 4 Means of impulse of shoulder, elbow, wrist and finger joint accelerations attributed to VEL and REA

From: Control of multi-joint arm movements for the manipulation of touch in keystroke by expert pianists

 

Pressed

Struck

ANOVA results

Variables

piano

forte

piano

forte

Touch

F(1,6)

Loudness

F(1,6)

Touch × Loudness

F(1,6)

Imp. of shoulder joint accel. (rad/s)

       

VEL

0.013 (0.011)

0.018 (0.015)

0.030 (0.025)

0.056 (0.037)

6.7 *

11.1 *

14.5 **

Imp. of elbow joint accel. (rad/s)

       

VEL

-0.042 (0.057)

-0.057 (0.071)

-0.033 (0.031)

-0.061 (0.052)

0.0

8.2 *

8.7 *

Imp. of wrist joint accel. (rad/s)

       

REA

-2.594 (0.858)

-4.431 (1.371)

-1.911 (0.492)

-3.139 (0.912)

20.9 **

51.7 **

6.2 *

Imp. of finger joint accel. (rad/s)

       

VEL

-0.016 (0.025)

-0.049 (0.041)

-0.012 (0.030)

-0.015 (0.041)

6.0

2.5

4.5

  1. The numbers in the parenthesis indicate the standard deviation. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01