Keyboarding and visual-motor skills in elementary students: A pilot study

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 39-51

  Chwirka, Becky ^a,c   Gurney, Burke ^b   Burtner, Patricia A ^b  

^a Moriarty School District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based intervention; Fine motor; School therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SKILL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0036987022     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J003v16n02_03     Document Type: Article

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