Dynamic time warping: A new method in the study of poor handwriting

Human Movement Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-255

  Di Brina, Carlo ^a   Niels, Ralph ^b   Overvelde, Anneloes ^b,c   Levi, Gabriel ^a   Hulstijn, Wouter ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Practice for Paediatric Physiotherapy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Dysgraphia; Evaluation; Handwriting; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONCISE EVALUATION SCALE FOR CHILDREN'S HANDWRITING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC TIME WARPING; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESSURE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 42649102327     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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