The purpose of this study was to analyze the handwriting abilities of children with cere
bral palsy along with handwriting movements, muscle tone when posing to handwrite, an
d visual-motor integration ability. The Korean alphabet handwritings of 52 children with
cerebral palsy were evaluated, and their handwriting movements were observed. Also, an
electromyography(EMG) and the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration(VMI) w
ere carried out for the measurements. The summary of the analyzed results of the study
is as follows:
The higher is the level of handwriting movement performance of the children with cere
bral palsy, the higher is their handwriting accuracy, the faster is their handwriting speed,
and the fewer are their handwriting order errors.
Among children with cerebral palsy, while children with cerebral palsy in the lower lev
el of muscle tone have higher handwriting accuracy, those who are in the higher level of
muscle tone have faster handwriting speed and fewer handwriting order errors.
The children with cerebral palsy in the higher level of visual-motor integration abilities
have faster handwriting speed and fewer handwriting order errors, there was, however, no
difference in the handwriting speed.