Proximal and distal movement patterns during a graphomotor task in typically developing children and children with handwriting problems

Table 6 Results of multiple linear regression analysis for predicting letters per minute, illegible letters, Beery visual motor score, and Beery motor score

Predictor	B	p
Letters per minute copying
Age	8.702	<0.001
Drawing error	− 7.402	0.016
Dissimilarity	− 0.471	0.015
Letters per minute dictation
Age	7.129	0.003
Drawing error	− 12.108	<0.001
Illegible letters copying
Drawing error	3.630	0.006
Illegible letters dictation
Age	2.199	0.016
Drawing error	2.251	0.094
Beery visual motor
Drawing error	− 13.528	0.001
Beery motor
Drawing error	− 22.452	<0.001
Dissimilarity	− 0.561	0.091
Sex (0 = male, 1 = female)	10.109	0.097

All regressions are significant (p<0.05), only predictors remaining at the end of the backward stepwise process (i.e., that have p < 0.1) are included.

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