Writing is a complex and essential human activity. During adolescence, there is an increase in the complexity and quantity of writing required for communication, self-expression, and for demonstrating academic ability. Deficits in handwriting performance limit the writing abilities, and hence the participation of adolescents in many areas of life. Computer-based telerehabilitation has the poten...

We investigate the detection of handwriting forged by novices. To facilitate document examination it is important to develop an automated system to identify forgeries, or at least to identify those handwritings that are likely to be forged. Because forgers often carefully copy or trace genuine handwriting, we hypothesize that good forgeries – those that retain the shape and size of genuine writ...

At present, there are no quantitative, objective methods for diagnosing the Parkinson disease. Existing methods of quantitative analysis by myograms suffer by inaccuracy and patient strain; electronic tablet analysis is limited to the visible drawing, not including the writing forces and hand movements. In our paper we show how handwriting analysis can be obtained by a new electronic pen and ne...

there are four main types of integration. These are: integration of GPs and other primary care professionals in the primary health care team; integration of the primary health care team with other health care professionals working in the community (e.g. district nurses, health visitors, allied health professionals and pharmacists); integration of the primary health care team, other health care ...