Comparing the effect of different design of desks with regard to motor accuracy in writing performance of students with cerebral palsy

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-147

  Shen, I Hsuan ^a   Kang, Sue May ^b   Wu, Ching Yi ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Desk design; Ergonomics; Handwriting; Motor accuracy

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; SPEED; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STUDENTS;

MOTOR ACCURACY TEST;

ERGONOMICS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; BODY HEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHAIR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NECK MUSCLE; RANDOMIZATION; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISION; WRITING;

EID: 0242418164     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(03)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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