Handwriting capacity in children newly diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2927-2934

  Brossard Racine, Marie ^a   Majnemer, Annette ^a,b   Shevell, Michael ^b   Snider, Laurie ^a,b   Bélanger, Stacey Ageranioti ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Handwriting; Motor skills; Visual motor integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNER GLOBAL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TEST OF VISUAL MOTOR INTEGRATION; EVALUATION TOOL OF CHILDREN HANDWRITING MANUSCRIPT; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VELOCITY;

ARM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80053618981     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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