Publication detail

Advanced Parametrization of Graphomotor Difficulties in School-Aged Children

GALÁŽ, Z. MUCHA, J. ZVONČÁK, V. MEKYSKA, J. SMÉKAL, Z. ŠAFÁROVÁ, K. ONDRÁČKOVÁ, A. URBÁNEK, T. HAVIGEROVÁ, J.M. BEDNÁROVÁ, J. FAUNDEZ-ZANUY, M.

Original Title

Advanced Parametrization of Graphomotor Difficulties in School-Aged Children

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

School-aged children spend 31–60% of their time at school performing handwriting, which is a complex perceptual-motor skill composed of a coordinated combination of fine graphomotor movements. As up to 30% of them experience graphomotor difficulties (GD), timely diagnosis of these difficulties and therapeutic intervention are of great importance. At present, an objective, computerized decision support system for the identification and assessment of GD in school-aged children is still missing. In this study, we propose three novel advanced handwriting parametrization techniques based on modulation spectra, fractional order derivatives, and tunable Q-factor wavelet transform to improve the identification of GD using online handwriting. For this purpose, we analyzed signals acquired from 7 basic graphomotor tasks performed by 53 children attending 3rd and 4th grade at several primary schools around the Czech Republic. Combining the newly proposed features with the conventionally used ones, we were able to identify GD with 84% accuracy. In this study, we showed that using advanced parametrization of basic graphomotor movements can be potentially used to improve our capabilities of quantifying problems with the development of legible, fast-paced handwriting, and help with the early diagnosis of handwriting difficulties frequently manifested in developmental dysgraphia.

Keywords

advanced parametrization; computerized analysis; graphomotor difficulties; machine learning; online handwriting

Authors

GALÁŽ, Z.; MUCHA, J.; ZVONČÁK, V.; MEKYSKA, J.; SMÉKAL, Z.; ŠAFÁROVÁ, K.; ONDRÁČKOVÁ, A.; URBÁNEK, T.; HAVIGEROVÁ, J.M.; BEDNÁROVÁ, J.; FAUNDEZ-ZANUY, M.

Released

17. 6. 2020

Publisher

IEEE

ISBN

2169-3536

Periodical

IEEE Access

Year of study

8

Number

1

State

United States of America

Pages from

112883

Pages to

112897

Pages count

15

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9119411/

BibTex

@article{BUT164346,
  author="GALÁŽ, Z. and MUCHA, J. and ZVONČÁK, V. and MEKYSKA, J. and SMÉKAL, Z. and ŠAFÁROVÁ, K. and ONDRÁČKOVÁ, A. and URBÁNEK, T. and HAVIGEROVÁ, J.M. and BEDNÁROVÁ, J. and FAUNDEZ-ZANUY, M.",
  title="Advanced Parametrization of Graphomotor Difficulties in School-Aged Children",
  journal="IEEE Access",
  year="2020",
  volume="8",
  number="1",
  pages="112883--112897",
  doi="10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3003214",
  issn="2169-3536",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9119411/"
}