Handwriting performance on the ETCH-M of students in a grade one regular education program

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 43-62

  Feder, Katya P ^a,f   Majnemer, Annette ^b,c   Bourbonnais, Daniel ^a   Blayney, Marc ^d   Morin, Isabelle ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b School of Physical Therapy   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

First graders; Handwriting; Legibility; Sensorimotor components; Speed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247332344     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J006v27n02_04     Document Type: Article

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