Relationship between handwriting and keyboarding performance among fast and slow adult keyboarders

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-132

  Weintraub, Naomi ^a   Gilmour Grill, Naomi ^b   Weiss, Patricia L ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israeli Ministry of Education   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computers; Eye movements; Handwriting; Kinesthesis; Motor skills; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649142023     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.64.1.123     Document Type: Article

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