The kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis

Abstract Handwriting is an important activity of daily living, which requires sensorimotor and cognitive skills that could deteriorate in presence of neurological diseases. Handwriting impairments are common in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Aims of the present study were to characterize han...

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Autores principales:	Ambra Bisio, Ludovico Pedullà, Laura Bonzano, Andrea Tacchino, Giampaolo Brichetto, Marco Bove
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aa5506c1267341f8b968457a8d4401412021-12-02T15:04:51ZThe kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis10.1038/s41598-017-18066-72045-2322https://doaj.org/article/aa5506c1267341f8b968457a8d4401412017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18066-7https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Handwriting is an important activity of daily living, which requires sensorimotor and cognitive skills that could deteriorate in presence of neurological diseases. Handwriting impairments are common in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Aims of the present study were to characterize handwriting movement features of PwMS in comparison with those of healthy adults, and to evaluate the relationship between kinematic parameters of handwriting movements and the results of the assessment of cognitive and motor domains. A new handwriting evaluation methodology was applied to quantify handwriting features of 19 PwMS and 22 age-matched healthy controls who were required to write a sentence on a digitizing tablet. Kinematic parameters of the sentence and of the strokes were used to evaluate handwriting performance. PwMS showed an altered handwriting kinematics with respect to healthy controls: higher movement duration, fragmented velocity profile and higher jerk. Furthermore, motor abilities and cognitive status of PwMS were related to handwriting parameters in accordance with the evidence that MS is a multifactorial disease affecting different domains. These results suggested that the proposed methodology might be a valuable tool to quantitatively assess handwriting impairments and the efficacy of handwriting treatments in PwMS.Ambra BisioLudovico PedullàLaura BonzanoAndrea TacchinoGiampaolo BrichettoMarco BoveNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Ambra Bisio Ludovico Pedullà Laura Bonzano Andrea Tacchino Giampaolo Brichetto Marco Bove The kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis
description	Abstract Handwriting is an important activity of daily living, which requires sensorimotor and cognitive skills that could deteriorate in presence of neurological diseases. Handwriting impairments are common in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Aims of the present study were to characterize handwriting movement features of PwMS in comparison with those of healthy adults, and to evaluate the relationship between kinematic parameters of handwriting movements and the results of the assessment of cognitive and motor domains. A new handwriting evaluation methodology was applied to quantify handwriting features of 19 PwMS and 22 age-matched healthy controls who were required to write a sentence on a digitizing tablet. Kinematic parameters of the sentence and of the strokes were used to evaluate handwriting performance. PwMS showed an altered handwriting kinematics with respect to healthy controls: higher movement duration, fragmented velocity profile and higher jerk. Furthermore, motor abilities and cognitive status of PwMS were related to handwriting parameters in accordance with the evidence that MS is a multifactorial disease affecting different domains. These results suggested that the proposed methodology might be a valuable tool to quantitatively assess handwriting impairments and the efficacy of handwriting treatments in PwMS.
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title	The kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis
title_short	The kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis
title_full	The kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis
title_fullStr	The kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis
title_full_unstemmed	The kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis
title_sort	kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/aa5506c1267341f8b968457a8d440141
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The kinematics of handwriting movements as expression of cognitive and sensorimotor impairments in people with multiple sclerosis

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