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Evaluation of a group-based sensorimotor intervention programme to improve Chinese handwriting of primary school students.

Cecilia W P Li-Tsang, Tim M H Li, C N Yang, Phoebe P P Cheung, K Y Au, Y P Chan, K Y Cheung, K H Ho, K W Kwok, Howard W H Leung

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Review in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Cecilia W P Li-TsangFaculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Tim M H LiDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
C N YangDepartment of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Phoebe P P CheungYew Chung College of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong.
K Y AuDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Y P ChanDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
K Y CheungDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
K H HoDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
K W KwokDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Howard W H LeungDepartment of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Sensorimotor performance is influential in Chinese handwriting, but few studies have examined the efficacy of sensorimotor-based interventions on Chinese handwriting among primary school students with poor handwriting performance. The study aims to evaluate a sensorimotor-based intervention to improve handwriting in the mainstream primary schools. Methods: This study adopted a two-group pretest-posttest design. An 8-session group-based sensorimotor intervention was delivered to school-aged children (mean age = 8.1, 68% male). Group A had 2 sessions every week, while Group B had 4 sessions every week. Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to test the effects. Results: The intervention had a significant time effect ( Conclusions: The group-based sensorimotor intervention programme appeared to show improvements in students with fair skills in writing Chinese characters. It appears that the effect is better if the training sessions are spaced out in one month rather than intensively conducted within two weeks. It might be related to more involvement from parents, and students need more time for practice after the training sessions.

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ChineseHandwritingInterventionPrimary school studentsSensorimotor

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PMID36816238
PMCPMC9932709

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