title: The effects of keyguard use and pelvic positioning on typing speed and accuracy in a boy with cerebral palsy.
abstract: The effects of keyguard use and pelvic positioning (neutral versus posterior tilt) on typing proficiency was studied in an 8-year-old boy with athetoid and spastic cerebral palsy. Speed and accuracy were measured with the Mastertype computer software program (Zweig, 1984). The results showed that the use of a keyguard increased the subject's typing accuracy and decreased his speed. Neither neutral nor posterior pelvic positioning appeared to have a significant effect on typing speed or on accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Therapy Department, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: McCormack
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003201:Computers; D004526:Efficiency; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012984:Software; D014956:Writing