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A Kinematic Analysis Of Hand Configurations In Static And Dynamic Fingerspelling, Gillian B. Sherry
A Kinematic Analysis Of Hand Configurations In Static And Dynamic Fingerspelling, Gillian B. Sherry
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The focus of this study was the investigation of target handshapes in American Sign Language fingerspelling in order to determine whether there was a difference between static canonical structures and structures produced in the context of a movement sequence. This was achieved by measuring the joint angles of a signing hand with an 18-sensor CyberGlove® by Virtual Technologies, Inc.
A discriminant analysis was used to identify targets that occurred at points of minimum angular joint velocity. A multivariate analysis of variance with planned compansons was then applied to these dynamic data along with the static data to test the hypothesis. …