Pencil grips, legibility, and speed of fourth-graders' writing in cursive

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 284-288

  Koziatek, Susan M ^a   Powell, Nancy J ^b  

^a Macomb Intermediate School District   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom tool use; Cursive handwriting; School based therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND GRIP; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; VELOCITY; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0042422022     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.3.284     Document Type: Article

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