School of Occupational Therapy, Hadassah and the Hebrew University, P.O. Box 24026, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel,
Am J Occup Ther. 2010 Jan-Feb;64(1):123-32. doi: 10.5014/ajot.64.1.123.
We examined the relationship between handwriting and keyboarding performance and between these writing modes and underlying performance skills.
Sixty-three young, healthy adults who used the computer daily were recruited for this study by means of a convenience sample (mean = 25.3, standard deviation = 3.0); 15 were slow keyboarders and 17 were fast keyboarders. Participants were administered handwriting and keyboarding assessments, as well as measures of finger function, kinesthetic processing, and eye movement.
Although handwriting and keyboarding speed were moderately correlated, these activities did not share underlying performance skills. In addition, different correlation patterns between written communication modes and performance skills were found among slow and fast keyboarders.
Results suggest that occupational therapists and educators should consider a variety of factors before recommending keyboarding as an alternative written communication method for people with handwriting difficulties. Moreover, different recommendations appear to be warranted for slow and fast keyboarders.
本研究旨在探讨书写方式（手写与键盘输入）与其相关的潜在技能之间的关系。
通过便利抽样法，我们招募了 63 名日常使用计算机的健康年轻人（平均年龄=25.3，标准差=3.0）参与本研究，其中 15 名是手写速度较慢的人，17 名是手写速度较快的人。参与者接受了手写和键盘输入评估，以及手指功能、动觉加工和眼球运动的测量。
尽管手写和键盘输入速度存在中等程度的相关性，但这两种活动并不共享潜在的技能。此外，在慢键盘输入者和快键盘输入者中，书面交流模式与技能之间的相关模式存在差异。
结果表明，职业治疗师和教育者在推荐键盘输入作为有书写困难的人的替代书面交流方法之前，应考虑多种因素。此外，对于慢键盘输入者和快键盘输入者，似乎需要不同的推荐。
