Handwriting Medical Conditions

What Your Handwriting May Say About Your Health

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This change, called micrographia, results in handwriting becoming small and cramped and more difficult to control when writing for long periods of time. The National Parkinson’s Foundation suggests ways …

Dysgraphia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, Management

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Dysgraphia: Signs, Diagnosis, Treatment - WebMD

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Dysgraphia is a learning disability that results in unusual and distorted handwriting. Writing homework can be challenging for kids with the condition. WebMD explains the signs and …

Micrographia (handwriting) - Wikipedia

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Micrographia is an acquired disorder that features abnormally small, cramped handwriting or the progression to progressively smaller handwriting. It is commonly associated with neurodegenerative disorders of the basal ganglia, such as in Parkinson's disease, but it has also been ascribed to subcortical focal lesions. O'Sullivan and Schmitz describe it as an …

Micrographia and Parkinson's Disease

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Micrographia is the medical term for a small handwriting size. It may be caused by various conditions. These include brain and muscle disorders, nervousness about writing, arthritis, or injury to the hands or fingers. Micrographia is a common symptom among people with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Handwriting Analysis Diagnoses Major Nervous System …

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Typical handwriting analyses look at the letters themselves, such as how far apart they are and other less obvious details, like …

The Telltale Hand | Dana Foundation

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L ook at this handwriting sample from a spry and healthy 97-year-old woman. It shows good control, balance, and a disciplined yet flowing style that combines angles and curves. One could quibble about some tightness here and there, and some resting points at the ends of words, such as in the “s” of “was” in line 4, but overall this …

Is sudden change in handwriting an indication of mental …

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Not only Alzheimer’s disease results in a sudden change in handwriting, unable to complete a sentence after starting to write could …

Disorders of Reading and Writing - American Speech …

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Dysgraphia. Dysgraphia may refer to either difficulty with language or spelling-based aspects of written expression. Dysgraphia can occur alone or can co-occur with dyslexia and/or …

16 Hand behaviors in Mental Disorders (Psychopathology)

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In the ICD-10-CM system, this hand behavior is known under the same name: Medication-Induced Postural Tremor [ICD-10 code: G25.1]; also, the same type of tremors also likewisely gets associated …