Pencil grasp and children's handwriting legibility during different-length writing tasks

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-183

  Dennis, Julie L ^a   Swinth, Yvonne ^b  

^a Highline Comm Hosp Specialty Ctr   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Handwriting; Physical endurance; School based occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HAND STRENGTH; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035289180     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.55.2.175     Document Type: Article

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