There is increasing evidence that the cerebellum has a role in the pathophysiology of primary focal hand dystonia and might provide an intervention target for non-invasive brain stimulation to improve function of the affected hand. The primary objective of this study was to determine if cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) improves handwriting and cyclic drawing kinematics ...

Objectives: Handwriting problems are among the most frequent reasons for case referrals to school-based occupational therapy centers. Persian Handwriting Assessment Tool (PHAT) is a valid tool available in Iran to evaluate handwriting components in school-aged children. However, its reliability has not been investigated yet. This study aimed to determine the reliability of the PHAT in Iranian p...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of kinesthetic training' on handwriting performance in first-grade students 6 to 7 years of age who had kinesthetic deficits and handwriting difficulties. METHOD With a randomized-blinded three group research design, 45 children were assigned to either a kinesthetic training group, a handwriting practice group, or a no treatmen...

results most dental students had cavity preparation, handwriting and drawing skills above the average. a significant correlation was found between drawing and tooth preparation skills (p < 0.05). background acquiring fine psychomotor skills is challenging for dental students. objectives this study aimed to assess the correlation of cavity preparation skills with drawing skills and handwriting o...

In this paper we present COACH a Cumulative Online Algorithm for Classi cation of Handwriting de ciencies. A description of our algorithm along with a performance evaluation of COACH on real data is provided. COACH is an innovative algorithm designed for building an online handwriting evaluation tool to be used for classifying and remediating handwriting de ciencies. COACH adapts learning and d...

The purpose of the research was to study changes in handwriting legibility among kindergarten, first- and second-grade students in response to the Size Matters curricular-based handwriting program. A two-group pre-post-test design was implemented at two public schools with half of the classrooms assigned to receive the Size Matters program and the other continuing to receive standard instructio...

Usually we assume large amount of data for writer identification, what if only little data is available, e.g., 1 page, 1 paragraph, or even 1 line? Several reasonable assumptions in forensics: • The writers are no longer available. • The writers might not be collaborative. The question is then: what can we do in this situation? • Use of synthetic data has been studies in fields like: signature ...

While digital technology is entering today’s classrooms and learning environments, handwriting is still primarily taught using regular pencil and paper. In our research we explore the potential of digital writing tools to augment the handwriting process while preserving its cognitive benefits. In particular, we are interested in (1) how the characteristics of digital writing tools influence chi...