Correlations between some hand motor functions and coordination in primary schoolchildren

Abstract

Hand motor functions in primary schoolchildren, defined via four tasks within the Teach Handwriting test (Lamont, 2018), depend on gender and age and the degree of their interconnectedness increases from 7-year-old to 10-year-old schoolchildren.

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