Handwriting difficulties in primary school children: a search for underlying mechanisms.
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the contribution of perceptual-motor dysfunction and cognitive planning problems to the quality or speed of handwriting in children with handwriting problems (HWP). METHOD: Twenty-nine children with HWP and 20 classroom peers attending regular schools (grade 2 and...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 451 - 461 |
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