Berentschot, J. (Julia) (2020) The relationship of manual dexterity and tripod pinch strength with handwriting performance in children with autism spectrum disorder. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
OBJECTIVE. The present study aimed to investigate differences between children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) children in handwriting product and process characteristics, and how manual dexterity and tripod pinch strength were associated with the handwriting characteristics. METHOD. A total of 96 children aged 10–15 years participated in this study, 48 children (40 boys and 8 girls) with ASD and a group of 48 age, gender, and intelligence matched TD controls. All children completed assessment of tripod pinch strength, the Movement-Assessment Battery for children version 2 (M-ABC-2), and performed a paragraph copy-writing task on ruled paper affixed to an electronic tablet of the Computerized Penmanship Evaluation Tool (ComPET). The handwriting product was evaluated with the handwriting legibility scale (HLS). RESULTS. Children with ASD had significantly poorer handwriting legibility than TD children. In the process of handwriting, children with ASD wrote with significantly higher pen tilt and lower variability in both pen tilt and velocity than TD children. Manual dexterity and tripod pinch strength did not predict handwriting legibility in children with ASD and TD children. CONCLUSION. The present study provides insight into the handwriting performance of children with ASD by evaluating both product and process characteristics. Children with ASD demonstrated poorer handwriting legibility than TD children, which was not explained by manual dexterity or tripod pinch strength. To gain a better understanding of the handwriting difficulties in children with ASD, future studies are recommended to investigate other factors that may underlie the handwriting difficulties.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Schoemaker, dr. M.M. and Bos, N. van den |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2022 09:20 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2022 09:20 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3336 |
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