Study of Pattern of Change in Handwriting Class Characters with Different Grades of Myopia
Introduction: Handwriting is a visuo-motor skill highly dependent on visual skills. Any defect in the visual inputs could affect a change in the handwriting. Understanding the variation in handwriting characters caused by visual acuity change can help in identifying learning disabilities in chil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6960/15942_CE[Ra]_F(Sh)_PF1(BMAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Handwriting is a visuo-motor skill highly
dependent on visual skills. Any defect in the visual inputs could
affect a change in the handwriting. Understanding the variation
in handwriting characters caused by visual acuity change can
help in identifying learning disabilities in children and also
assess the disability in elderly. In our study we try to analyse
and catalogue these changes in the handwriting of a person.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted among
100 subjects having normal visual acuity. They were asked to
perform a set of writing tasks, after which the same tasks were
repeated after inducing different grades of myopia. Changes in
the handwriting class characters were analysed and compared
in all grades of myopia.
Results: In the study it was found that the letter size, pastiosity,
word omissions, inability to stay on line all increase with changes
in visual acuity. However these finding are not proportional to
the grade of myopia.
Conclusion: From the findings of the study it can be concluded
that myopia significantly influences the handwriting and any
change in visual acuity would induce corresponding changes in
handwriting. There is increase in letter size, pastiosity where as
the ability to stay on line and space between the lines decrease
in different grades of myopia. The changes are not linear and
cannot be used to predict the grade of myopia but can be used
as parameters suggestive of refractive error. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |