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. 2022 Dec 23;9(2):e12554. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12554

Table 5.

Significant associations between the change scores of sensorimotor skills and children's handwriting outcomes after the interventions.

Sensorimotor skills
Handwriting performance
β (95% CI) p
Post – pre
Post – pre
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
TVPS MEM 1.65 (2.52) Concatenated stroke 2.72 (14.40) −2.19 (−4.14, −0.23) ∗ .03
TVPS SEQ 0.15 (3.14) SD of time per character −0.68 (1.76) −0.22 (−0.40, −0.03) ∗ .02
DEM-V score 0.54 (7.75) Time per character −3.07 (2.76) 0.17 (0.05, 0.28) ∗∗ .007
Missing stroke −1.84 (13.63) −0.73 (−1.28, −0.19) ∗ .01
HAC 1.48 (6.09) 0.34 (0.05, 0.64) ∗ .03
DEM-R −0.11 (0.27) Average pressure 29.46 (139.85) −182.86 (−356.49, −9.23) ∗ .04
COMPS 0.82 (1.03) Ground time −32.10 (77.93) −31.11 (−57.32, −4.90) ∗ .02
Time per character −3.07 (2.76) −1.31 (−2.20, −0.42) ∗∗ .005
SD of time per character −0.68 (1.76) −0.81 (−1.36, −0.26) ∗∗ .005
Writing speed 0.96 (1.66) 0.59 (0.02, 1.16) ∗ .04
Recognized character −0.59 (8.51) 4.73 (2.16, 7.30) ∗∗∗ <.001
Reversed stroke −0.85 (6.60) 2.33 (0.08, 4.58) ∗ .04
Wrong stroke sequence −1.74 (12.05) −5.74 (−9.55, −1.93) ∗∗ .004

Adjusted for gender; ∗<0.05, ∗∗<0.01, ∗∗∗<0.001.