Finger-tapping ability in male and female pianists and nonmusician controls
Finger-tapping ability in male and female pianists and nonmusician controls
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DOI：
10.1123/mcj.9.1.23
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
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影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Kinoshita, H
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作者：
Aoki, T;Furuya, S;Kinoshita, H
使用四个手指（单指敲击）和两个手指交替使用（双指敲击）的快速敲击任务，在专家钢琴家和非音乐家控制之间比较了单个手指快速敲击运动的能力。还测量了最大捏力和抓握力，以分别评估单个手指和整只手的力量。在钢琴演奏者和对照组中，无名指和小指的运动都比食指和中指慢。然而，在两种敲击任务中，钢琴家的无名指和小指的缓慢程度远不如控制者明显。钢琴家食指和中指的敲击间隔变异性也较小。没有钢琴家控制的差异，发现捏和把握的力量。因此，钢琴训练有效地改变了快速移动单个手指的能力，但没有改变他们的屈肌力量。虽然男性的力量更大，但在任何敲击任务中都没有发现性别差异。因此，性别似乎不是区分快速移动单个手指的能力的一个因素。
Using fast tapping tasks with each of the four fingers (single-finger tapping) and with two of the fingers used alternately (double-finger tapping), the ability to make rapid tapping movement by the individual fingers was compared between expert pianists and nonmusician controls in both genders. Maximal pinch and grasp forces were also measured to assess strength of individual fingers and whole hand, respectively. Movement of the ring and little fingers was slower than that of the index and middle fingers in both the pianists and controls. The slowness of the ring and little fingers was, however, much less evident in the pianists than the controls in both tapping tasks. The pianists also had smaller intertap interval variability for the index and middle fingers. No pianist-control difference was found for the pinch and grasp forces. Piano training, therefore, effectively changed the ability to move individual fingers rapidly, but not their flexor strength. No gender difference was found in any of the tapping tasks though males had greater strength. Gender thus does not appear to be a factor differentiating the ability to move individual fingers rapidly.