Effect of an occupational intervention on printing in children with economic disadvantages

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-160

  Peterson, Cindee Q ^a   Nelson, David L ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academically at risk children; Handwriting; Outcome study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING; WRITING; CHILD; CONTROL GROUP; HANDWRITING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POVERTY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0038143352     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.2.152     Document Type: Article

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