Table 6.

Repartition (n) of postural-gestural parameters eyes openned vs. eyes closed in the handwriting disorders (HD) group.

	Variables	Modalities	Eyes openned (n = 35)	Eyes closed (n = 35)	p
Proximal gestural organization	Position of the head relative to the table	Close to the table	18	30	0.006**
		Away from the table	17	5
	Vertebral axis	Close to the table	17	29	0.006**
		Away from the table	18	6
	Shoulder elevation	Yes	16	8	0.02*
		No	19	27
	Elbow elevation	Yes	10	6	0.39
		No	25	29
	Dynamic movement of elbow	Moving	33	31	0.67
		Static	2	4
	Forearm elevation	Yes	5	5	1
		No	30	30
	Dynamic movement of forearm	Lateral movement	32	31	1
		Rotation around the elbow	3	4
Distal gestural organization	Wrist elevation	Yes	13	12	1
		No	22	23
	Wrist rotation	Half supination	25	26	0.96
		Side slice	9	8
		Pronation	1	1
	Wrist in relation to the axis of the arm	Flexion	3	3	0.96
		In the axis	22	23
		Extension	10	9
	Dynamic movement of wrist	Static	15	15	0.92
		Flexion–extension	17	16
		Hand rotation around the wrist	3	4
	Pattern of pen grip	Classic tripod grip	21	21	1
		Non academic tripod grip	4	4
		Quadripodic	10	10
	Digital mobility	Flexion–extension	15	18	0.65
		Static	20	17
Gestural organization in relation to the material	Sheet tilt	Yes	19	20	1
		No	16	15
	Position of the sheet	Vertebral axis	23	26	0.60
		Dominant right hemi-field	12	9
	Position of the hand/line	On the line	22	23	0.59
		Below	10	11
		Above	3	1
	Fingers position on the pen	Classic	24	24	0.91
		Low	6	2
		High	5	6
	Pen tilt	Lying in the commissure between thumb and index	28	30	0.75
		Vertical	7	5
	Control of gesture	Harmonious	6	12	0.26
		Hypercontrol	25	20
		Precipitation	4	3
	Type of gesture organization	Distal	15	21	0.23
		Proximal	20	14
	Pressure on the pen	Balanced	13	17	0.62
		Hypertonic	21	17
		Hypotonic	1	1
	Oral-facial synkinesia	Yes	19	18	1
		No	16	17

Significant values are in bold.

Levels of signification: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.