Effectiveness of Training with Different Sizes of Pen on Writing Capacity in School Going Children Kadam Sonali1,*, Kanase Smita2, Bathia Khushboo2, Patil Chandrakant3 1Physiotherapist, Faculty of Physiotherapy, KIMS ‘Deemed to be’ university, Karad, Maharashtra, India 2Assistant Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, KIMS, ‘deemed to be’ university, Karad, Maharashtra, India 3Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiopulmonary, Krishna College of Physiotherapy, KIMS, ‘Deemed to be’ university, Karad, Maharashtra, India *Corresponding author: Sonali Kadam, Physiotherapist, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute Of Medical Sciences, Deemed to be University, Karad-415110, Maharashtra, India. Ph. No: - 9637438636/9920377657. Email id: kadamsonali2710@gmail.com
Online published on 11 July, 2019. Abstract Introduction Handwriting is an essential life skill. Handwriting problems tend to increase the griping pressure which would affect the writing speed and legibility. Some researchers say that the gripping pressure is believed to be dependent on the contact area of the pen with the fingers, or the diameter of the grip area. So the present study was conducted in order to rule out the effect of different grip sizes of pen on writing capacity in school going children's. Objective To find effect of training with different grip sizes of pen on writing capacity in school going children. Materials and Method 124 school going students of Krishna English Medium School, Karad, of standard 5th and 6th were selected as subjects. Students were divided in 4 groups 31 in each group. Pre interventional writing capacity was taken by giving students a paragraph to write for 30 minutes with daily used pen. Each group were given pen of different diameter group A-0.8mm, group B-10mm, group C-12mm and group D-14mm. Every student was trained for 1 month with the provided diameter of pen by advising them to write daily for 30 minutes. Post interventional writing capacity was taken by asking students to write the same paragraph which was given for pre intervention for 30 minutes but with provided diameter pen. The number words written were calculated. Result Pen of all diameters showed improvement in writing capacity post interventional. But there was extremely significant difference in writing capacity post interventional in group D(14 mm) P value (<0.0001) Conclusion Students can use pen of diameter 14 mm for writing as it helps in improving the writing capacity without giving tension on the muscles of the hand. Top Keywords Anthropometric measurement, pen size, writing capacity, school students. Top |