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  • Pediatric occupational therapy
  • Educational psychology
  • Human factors and ergonomics

Background:

  • Handwriting is a fundamental skill for school children, impacting academic performance.
  • The effects of fatigue on fine motor skills, such as handwriting, are not fully understood in pediatric populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of fatigue on the handwriting quality and speed of third-grade students.
  • To compare the effects of prolonged writing on students with pre-existing good and poor handwriting skills.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort of 157 third-grade students, categorized by handwriting proficiency, participated in the study.
  • The Hebrew Handwriting Evaluation (HHE) was used to assess handwriting quality, speed, and ergonomic factors.
  • Assessments were conducted before and after a 10-minute continuous writing task to induce fatigue.

Main Results:

  • Sustained writing significantly impaired handwriting performance in both good and poor handwriting groups.
  • Fatigue negatively affected handwriting quality and speed across all participants.
  • Despite performance decline, poor handwriters consistently scored lower than good handwriters under both fatigue and non-fatigue conditions.

Conclusions:

  • Fatigue demonstrably degrades handwriting performance in elementary school children.
  • Interventions such as incorporating 'writing breaks' are recommended to mitigate fatigue and enhance handwriting quality.
  • Further research is warranted to explore fatigue management strategies in educational settings.