On the development of a computer-based handwriting assessment tool to objectively quantify handwriting proficiency in children

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Falk, Tiago H ^a,b,c   Tam, Cynthia ^b   Schellnus, Heidi ^a,b,c   Chau, Tom ^a,b,c  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digitizing tablet; Grip force; Handwriting; MHA

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIGITIZING TABLET; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; GRIP FORCE; HANDWRITING; MHA; MINNESOTA; SPACE PARAMETERS; SPATIAL PARAMETERS;

ALIGNMENT; MICROCOMPUTERS;

RATING;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER BASED HANDWRITING ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DYSGRAPHIA; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMATION; CHILD; COMPUTERS; HAND STRENGTH; HANDWRITING; HUMANS;

EID: 80655124742     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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