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JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SCHOOLS AND EARLY INTERVENTION
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 87-95Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/19411240903146228
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Visual motor coordination; motor skills; pediatrics; school
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- Swiss National Sciences Foundation [PMCD-110236]
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If the influence of visual-motor integration (copying forms) on the quality of handwriting has been widely investigated, the influence of eye-hand coordination (tracing item) has been less well analyzed. The Concise Assessment Scale for Children's Handwriting (BHK), the Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DTVP-2), and the section Manual Dexterity of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) were administered to a group of second grade children (N = 75; 8.1-year-olds). The association of visual-motor integration and eye-hand coordination are predictive of the quality of handwriting (p < .001). These two skills should be taken into consideration when children are referred to occupational therapy for difficulties in handwriting.
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