Examining the relationship between motor assessments and handwriting consistency in children with and without probable Developmental Coordination Disorder

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2035-2043

  Bo, Jin ^a   Colbert, Alison ^a   Lee, Chi Mei ^a   Schaffert, Jeffrey ^a   Oswald, Kaitlin ^a   Neill, Rebecca ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DCD; Handwriting; MABC; MHA; VMI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEERY BUKTENICA DEVELOPMENTAL TEST OF VISUAL MOTOR INTEGRATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA HANDWRITING ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS;

EID: 84901427950     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.04.027     Document Type: Article

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