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FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF PRE AND POST CONDITIONED HANDWRITING IN OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS: A STATISTICAL APPROACH

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Jahan Zaib Mukhtar1, Dr. Ridamjeet Kaur2*
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.si5.007

Abstract

Handwriting refers to a person's own writing style, which includes writing letters, words, and sentences with a pen or pencil on paper or another writing surface. Handwriting is influenced by various conditions throughout life. The prominent conditions that affect the handwriting are diseases, body injuries, drugs, writing tools, surfaces, body postures, etc. Many research studies have been reported where handwriting was found to be affected by various disease conditions.In line to the previously reported cases, the present research has been conducted to study the impact of osteoarthritis (OA) on handwriting features. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a joint disorder that can cause discomfort, stiffness, and pain. As the illness can affect any joint in the body; hips, knees, and hands are the most commonly affected body parts.In Osteoarthritis conditioned most of the patients have difficultly to grip a pen or pencil and unable to write because it causes discomfort, stiffness, and a limited range of motion in the afflicted joints.

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