Extraction of dynamic features from hand drawn data for the identification of children with handwriting difficulty

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 256-262

  Khalid, Puspa Inayat ^a   Yunus, Jasmy ^a   Adnan, Robiah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Computer analysis; Dynamic features; Handwriting difficulty; School age children; Visual motor skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; DYSGRAPHIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

APTITUDE; ART; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350711989     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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