Handwriting process and product characteristics of children diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder

Human Movement Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-214

  Rosenblum, Sara ^a   Livneh Zirinski, Miri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Child Development Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Digitizer; Evaluation; Handwriting

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED PENMANSHIP EVALUATION TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DYSGRAPHIA; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HEBREW HANDWRITING EVALUATION; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 43049137299     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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