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The present study investigated the effects of different control display gains (CD gains) and wrist movement modalities on performance and comfort for precise distal pointing interaction. Twenty healthy participants performed a precise distant pointing task with four constant CD gains (0.6, 0.8, 0.84, and 1.0), two dynamic CD gains, and two wrist movement modalities (wrist extension and rotation) by using a mobile phone as the input device. Physiological electromyographic data, task performance, and subjective questionnaire data were collected. Comparative results show that constant CD gain is superior to dynamic CD gain and that 0.8 to 1.0 is the optimum range of values. The data showed a clear and consistent trend in performance and comfort as the CD gain increased from 0.6 to 1.0, with performance and comfort becoming progressively better, reaching an optimum at 0.84. In terms of the wrist control method, the rotation mode had smaller task completion time than the extension mode. 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