Kathleen E. Yancosek|David R. Mullineaux
Stability of handwriting performance following injury-induced hand-dominance transfer in adults: A pilot study
University of Kentucky
aim study quantify stability nondominant handwriting kinematics legibility participants functional loss previously dominant hand twelve adult volunteers provided two handwriting samples 6 weeks apart handwriting tasks compose sentence copy alphabet copy date copy sentence draw circles performed cursive writing standard white lined paper taped digitizer record kinematic kinetic variables velocity displacement force onpaper time results showed minimal performance variability within subjects marked variability subjects well variability tasks participants stylistic stability handwriting samples assessed two independent evaluators evaluators matched handwriting samples test retest times 89100 accuracy suggesting value whole handwriting sample emphasizing idiosyncratic nature handwriting results suggest handwriting skill stability previously nondominant hand varies across subjects task demands