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Diagnosis and progress monitoring of Parkinson’s disease using dysgraphia analysis methods
Markovič, Michal ; Galáž, Zoltán (referee) ; Mekyska, Jiří (advisor)
Parkinson’s disease causes among other symptoms also writing disorder. Parkinson's dysgrafia is disease the writing of parkinsonics. The aim of the work is to show the importance of examinig the parametres of Parkinson's dysgrafia and to find writing parametres, which could distinguish healthy subjects from the pacient and also it could monitoring progress of pakinson's disease. Some of the parametrs showed marked differences and therefore could distinguish healthy people from those with Parkinson’s disease.
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Application for mastering of handwriting
Gradoš, Matej ; Gavenčiak, Michal (referee) ; Mekyska, Jiří (advisor)
Writing is an activity that accompanies us almost every day from a very young age. Children begin to familiarize themselves with the proper grip of a writing tool as early as preschool, primarily through activities related to drawing. Upon entering the early grades of elementary school, children start writing and practice it in special notebooks called „písanka“. Mastering this skill requires a strong connection between fine motor skills and perceptual abilities. The aim of this bachelor’s thesis is to transfer writing practice to an online environment and design an application for Apple iPad tablets with the Apple Pencil stylus, which enables children to engage in self-study through interactive means, ranging from tracing curves and basic letter elements to writing complete words. By creating a database of exercises, we can supplement traditional printed exercise book and thus monitor not only the result of handwriting but also its entire progression, capturing data on pen movement, tilt, and pressure The data obtained this way serves as an excellent tool for improvement and gaining confidence in writing.
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Home-based handwriting therapy programme for seniors: pilot study
Tomášová, Simona ; Krivošíková, Mária (advisor) ; Gerlichová, Markéta (referee)
Name, Surname: Bc. Simona Tomášová Supervisor: Bc. Mária Krivošíková, M.Sc Title: Home-based handwriting therapy programme for seniors: pilot study Abstract: Writing is one of the important skills that is used in everyday life. Significant problems with writing in the elderly occur due to a health problem rather than as a result of natural ageing. There are not enough materials in the Czech Republic to train functional writing in adults and seniors. The aim of this thesis is to design a home-based therapy programme aimed at training functional writing for seniors and to test its feasibility from the perspective of occupational therapists and clients. To accomplish the objective, four research questions are chosen for the thesis. The thesis developed a workbook for writing training which consists of several parts, the worksheets are divided into three levels of difficulty. This therapeutic material was subsequently validated with clients and therapists. The method of case studies was chosen. Four clients participated in the therapeutic programme and it lasted for four weeks. The Handwriting Assessment Battery for Adults and the Box and Block Test were used to evaluate the results of the case studies. The therapeutic material was also evaluated by three therapists. The therapists tested the...
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Bound and unbound writing on the first grade of elementary school and the pedagogical faculties of universities: Teacher's opinion on the both scripts from the perspective of an experienced practitioner
Romanová, Anna ; Wildová, Radka (advisor) ; Ronková, Jolana (referee)
Bound and unbound writing on the first grade of elementary school and the pedagogical faculties of universities: Teacher's opinion on the both scripts from the perspective of an experienced practitioner The work follows up bound and unbound writing and their percentage representation in the 1st grade of primary schools. It also focuses on the opinions of teachers from practice and their experience during their own studies at pedagogical faculties of universities. In the theoretical part, I define the basic terms. I examine the goals of preparation for teaching writing and the teaching of writing itself and which precedes it, with what a child should bring from attending kindergarten. I present some methods of teaching writing in history and the present, their origin and development of the writing, the creation of bound and unbound writing, the development of the alternative Comenia Script and several others, the characters of the writing and its evaluation. One of the chapters is also devoted to left-handed writing. In the practical part, using a questionnaire, I find out the opinion of primary school teachers and their practical experience. I also find out what reading and writing methodology they graduate through during their studies at the faculties of education, which script they teach the...
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Handwriting assessment in patients after stroke.
Holinková, Radka ; Krivošíková, Mária (advisor) ; Gerlichová, Markéta (referee)
The thesis deals with graphomotor skills in adult patients after stroke. The aim of the thesis is to map the need for and method of assessing graphomotor skills in adults by non- medical professions using a questionnaire survey. Another aim is to find out the level of graphomotor skills in adult post-stroke patients using the Handwritind Assessment Battery for aduls. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on a brief description of stroke and its impact on hand function and writing. It gives a summary of graphomotor difficulties after stroke, possible graphomotor evaluation and the method of rehabilitation intervention. The practical part deals with the mapping of the situation regarding the assessment of graphomotor skills by various non-medical and non-health professions in the Czech Republic and points out the missing areas in the current assessment of graphomotor skills used in practice. The questionnaire survey was conducted from November 2021 to February 2022 and a total of 368 respondents reacted. It was found that the most frequent assessment of graphomotor skills is carried out by clinical speech and language therapists and special pedagogues. The majority of respondents considered grip function assessment, assessment of manipulative use of writing utensils and assessment of writing...
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Handwriting in a healthy adult population.
Mikolajková, Marie ; Krivošíková, Mária (advisor) ; Gerlichová, Markéta (referee)
Handwriting is part of the graphomotor skills necessary for functional communication in everyone's life. The field of adult handwriting is not sufficiently developed in the Czech Republic yet. This thesis focuses on handwriting in a healthy adult population. The main aim is to describe adult handwriting, individual parameters of writing, factors influencing writing and to present the current possibilities of handwriting assessment. The theoretical work also discusses the benefits of handwriting, the benefits and negative consequences of modern technology on handwriting performance. The aim of the practical part is to describe the differences in the level of handwriting between younger (age 20-29) and older (70+) adults and thus to contribute to the development of standards for the Czech version of the Handwtiting Assessment Battery for Adults (HAB) in healthy adult population. The data were collected using the HAB instrument in the sample of 141 individuals. It is quantitative type of work. The data collection was based on stratified random sampling, the data were statistically processed and subsequently tested against the established hypotheses. The sample was stratified by age and gender. Increasing age of probands can be considered to be the most significant factor affecting handwriting...
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Reforms of the writing alphabet for the youngest. Is it Time for a Change?
Ventová, Kamila ; Špirk, Ivan (advisor) ; Wildová, Radka (referee)
The theme of the diploma dissertation became a view of a field of alphabets (letters and types) in contexts of communication, history, art and education. The theoretical part is focused on historical, contemporary movements of the phenomenon all at once. Inclusive of reflecting on alphabets in art and also links to a medial communication. The second part of the diploma dissertation reacts to the strongest and the most inspiring moments. It focuses on a practical applications for art lessons. The third part [artistic] takes advantage of media knowledges and art lessons. They are interfaced into an interactive teaching material which challenges students to an active perception of visual culture.
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Teaching writing by means of the Comenia Script handwriting font
Sasková, Marcela ; Wildová, Radka (advisor) ; Ronková, Jolana (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to introduce the reader to a new writing model Comenia Script and the results of its establishing during the first years of a school attendance. The theoretical part deals with a developement of a script, a characteristic of a cursive Latin alphabet writing and Comenia Script and a contemporary education of a first-year writing. In the practical part the findings gathered during the participant observation of the entrusted sample of respondents were analysed and the questionnaire survey focussed on attitudes of involved pupils' parents was evaluated.
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Forensic Handwriting Examination
Stehlík, Matěj ; Konrád, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Krupička, Jiří (referee)
Forensic Handwriting Examination The aim of this thesis is to introduce the Forensic handwriting examination as one of the disciplines of Forensic identification, to describe its methods and procedures, and to demonstrate them on specific examples. The aim of the practical part of the thesis is to apply the findings described in the theoretical part of the thesis to the handwriting examination carried out by the author of the thesis, to experimentally verify some of hypotheses presented in the thesis, such as the influence of various factors on the handwriting of an individual, and to examine the most frequent methods of deliberate alteration of one's handwriting. The first chapter of the thesis is focused on the definition of the term "Handwriting Examination", on a brief examination of the history of this branch of forensic science, and on the analysis of its relations to other fields of forensic science, especially to the graphology. The following chapter describes the procedure of establishing one's handwriting habits, the influence of the Czech handwriting system taught to children, and some of the internal and external factors which influence one's handwriting. The third chapter examines the major subject matters of handwriting examination, describes several specific attributes of letters,...
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Handwriting in patient after stroke
Veselková, Eliška ; Krivošíková, Mária (advisor) ; Gerlichová, Markéta (referee)
The thesis deals with with handwriting in adult patients after stroke. The main aim is to design and evaluate a therapeutic program for stroke patients focused on hand function and handwriting. The secondary aims are to translate Handwirting Assessment Battery for Adults into the Czech language by the method of back translation and to determine patient satisfaction with the program. The theoretical part of the thesis briefly summarizes the issue of stroke. General knowledge about handwriting is followed by a summary of handwriting difficulties of stroke patients. The theoretical part is concluded by available handwriting examinations and different ways of occupational therapy intervention. The practical part of the thesis was a case study. Five patients participated in the four- week therapeutic program. The designed program includes task-specific training and Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) elements. The tools of the Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test, the Frenchay Arm Test and Score for Visual Evaluation of Functional Task of the Hand were used to assess the effect of the program on hand function. The practical part mentions the back translation of the handwriting tool Handwriting Assessment Battery for Adults, which was used to evaluate the effect of the program on handwriting...
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