M.M Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Mullana, Ambala
Online published on 31 October, 2012.
The purpose of the study is to see the effectiveness of a 12 week physiotherapeutic intervention to improve the handwriting quality of school going children.
This study is a randomized clinical trial of 60 school going children who have handwriting problem as diagnosed with Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire (HPSQ). The 60 subjects are than randomly divided into 2 groups, Group A (Intervention Group) which consists of a set of Physiotherapeutic Exercises and Group B (Ergonomic Advice). The Handwriting quality was evaluated using Minnesota Handwriting Assessment (MHA).
The results of the present study showed that both the groups showed significant improvement but the group receiving 12 week physiotherapeutic intervention showed more significant improvement.
Finally it can be concluded that a well planned physiotherapeutic program can help to improve the handwriting quality of school going children over a short period of time and thus help the child to improve his self-confidence and his academic results.
Handwriting Skills, Physiotherapy Intervention, Assessment Scales
