A Tablet App for Handwriting Skill Screening at the Preliteracy Stage: Instrument Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Difficulties in handwriting, such as dysgraphia, impact several aspects of a child's everyday life. Current methodologies for the detection of such difficulties in children have the following three main weaknesses: (1) they are prone to subjective evaluation; (2) they can be administered only when handwriting is mastered, thus delaying the diagnosis and the possible adoption of countermeasures; and (3) they are not always easily accessible to the entire community.

Objective

This work aims at developing a solution able to: (1) quantitatively measure handwriting features whose alteration is typically seen in children with dysgraphia; (2) enable their study in a preliteracy population; and (3) leverage a standard consumer technology to increase the accessibility of b

SUBMITTER: Dui LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7644384 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature