Increasing viscosity and inertia using a robotically controlled pen improves handwriting in children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 674-680

  Ben Pazi, Hilla ^a,b   Ishihara, Abraham ^b   Kukke, Sahana ^b   Sanger, Terence D ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysgraphia; Handwriting; Rhythmic movement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MECHANICS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISCOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77952920294     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809342592     Document Type: Article

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