| Hand kinematics of piano playing S Furuya, M Flanders, JF Soechting Journal of Neurophysiology, 2011 | 83 | 2011 |
| Organization of the upper limb movement for piano key-depression differs between expert pianists and novice players S Furuya, H Kinoshita Experimental Brain Research 185 (4), 581-593, 2008 | 82 | 2008 |
| Finger-tapping ability in male and female pianists and nonmusician controls T Aoki, S Furuya, H Kinoshita Motor control 9 (1), 23-39, 2005 | 80 | 2005 |
| Emotion-related changes in heart rate and its variability during performance and perception of music H Nakahara, S Furuya, S Obata, T Masuko, H Kinoshita Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1169 (1), 359-362, 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
| Prevalence and causal factors of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity and trunk among Japanese pianists and piano students S Furuya, H Nakahara, T Aoki, H Kinoshita Med Probl Perform Art 21 (3), 112-117, 2006 | 70 | 2006 |
| Expertise-dependent modulation of muscular and non-muscular torques in multi-joint arm movements during piano keystroke S Furuya, H Kinoshita Neuroscience 156 (2), 390-402, 2008 | 62 | 2008 |
| Surmounting retraining limits in Musicians' dystonia by transcranial stimulation S Furuya, MA Nitsche, W Paulus, E Altenmüller Annals of neurology 75 (5), 700-707, 2014 | 59 | 2014 |
| Effective utilization of gravity during arm downswing in keystrokes by expert pianists S Furuya, R Osu, H Kinoshita Neuroscience 164 (2), 822-831, 2009 | 54 | 2009 |
| Ceiling effects prevent further improvement of transcranial stimulation in skilled musicians S Furuya, M Klaus, MA Nitsche, W Paulus, E Altenmüller Journal of Neuroscience 34 (41), 13834-13839, 2014 | 53 | 2014 |
| Role of auditory feedback in the control of successive keystrokes during piano playing S Furuya, JF Soechting Experimental brain research 204 (2), 223-237, 2010 | 51 | 2010 |
| Loudness control in pianists as exemplified in keystroke force measurements on different touches H Kinoshita, S Furuya, T Aoki, E Altenmüller The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121 (5), 2959-2969, 2007 | 49 | 2007 |
| Performing music can induce greater modulation of emotion-related psychophysiological responses than listening to music H Nakahara, S Furuya, T Masuko, PR Francis, H Kinoshita International journal of psychophysiology 81 (3), 152-158, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| Distinct inter-joint coordination during fast alternate keystrokes in pianists with superior skill S Furuya, T Goda, H Katayose, H Miwa, N Nagata Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| Flexibility of movement organization in piano performance S Furuya, E Altenmüller Frontiers in human neuroscience 7, 173, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| Roles of proximal-to-distal sequential organization of the upper limb segments in striking the keys by expert pianists S Furuya, H Kinoshita Neuroscience letters 421 (3), 264-269, 2007 | 41 | 2007 |
| Finger-specific loss of independent control of movements in musicians with focal dystonia S Furuya, E Altenmüller Neuroscience 247, 152-163, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| Individual differences in the biomechanical effect of loudness and tempo on upper-limb movements during repetitive piano keystrokes S Furuya, T Aoki, H Nakahara, H Kinoshita Human movement science 31 (1), 26-39, 2012 | 38 | 2012 |
| Speed invariance of independent control of finger movements in pianists S Furuya, JF Soechting Journal of Neurophysiology, 2012 | 26 | 2012 |
| Control of multi-joint arm movements for the manipulation of touch in keystroke by expert pianists S Furuya, E Altenmüller, H Katayose, H Kinoshita BMC neuroscience 11 (1), 82, 2010 | 25 | 2010 |
| The impact of stress on motor performance in skilled musicians suffering from focal dystonia: Physiological and psychological characteristics CI Ioannou, S Furuya, E Altenmüller Neuropsychologia 85, 226-236, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
Altenmüller EckartProfessor für Musikphysiologie, Hannover University of Music, Drama, and Media Verified email at hmtm-hannover.de