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Rosenblum, Sara; Weiss, Patrice L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease with a wide-ranging impact on functional status. The aim of the study was to examine the added value of simultaneously evaluating fatigue, personal ADL and handwriting performance as indicators for functional decline among patients with MS. Participants were 50 outpatients with MS and 26 matched healthy…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Intervention, Handwriting, Prevention
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Tsai, Li-Hui; Meng, Ling-Fu; Hung, Li-Yu; Chen, Hsin-Yu; Lu, Chiu-Ping – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This article examines the relationship between writing and attention problems and hypothesizes that homophone spelling errors coincide with attention deficits. We analyze specific types of attention deficits, which may contribute to Attention Deficits Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); rather than studying ADHD, however, we focus on the inattention…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Spelling, Pronunciation, Handwriting
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Gilboa, Yafit; Josman, Naomi; Fattal-Valevski, Aviva; Toledano-Alhadef, Hagit; Rosenblum, Sara – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The objective of this study was to analyze the process and product of handwriting among children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) in comparison to those of Typically Developing (TD) children. Children with NF1 are at risk for some cognitive deficits, a wide range of deficits in perceptual skills and, motor and visual-motor integration skills…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Writing Processes, Genetic Disorders, Comparative Analysis
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Li-Tsang, Cecilia W. P.; Au, Ricky K. C.; Chan, Michelle H. Y.; Chan, Lily W. L.; Lau, Gloria M. T.; Lo, T. K.; Leung, Howard W. H. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the handwriting characteristics of secondary school students with and without physical disabilities (PD). With the use of a computerized Chinese Handwriting Assessment Tool (CHAT), it was made possible to objectively assess and analyze in detail the handwriting characteristics of individual…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Handwriting, Secondary School Students, Computer Assisted Testing