(A) Correct shapes with a correct sequence of strokes; (B) correct shapes with an unusual sequence of strokes; (C) bad formation; (D) no recall

↵1-150 Regarding the examinations of Kana, the administered numbers are not the numbers of Kana letters but are Kana words, which consist of several Kana letters. We assessed the patient’s performance according to the existence of mistakes, which means that even if the patient showed an incorrect response in one Kana letter, we assessed the entire word as an incorrect response, and the patient was assessed as giving a normal answer only when he was able to complete whole words with completely correct letter formation. We used Kana for the word examinations because the number of Kana letters is limited, only 46 in all, compared with the standard elementary school vocabulary level of 1000 Kanji. We also hoped to examine the patient’s ability to write sequential movements which demand a certain flow, so it seemed preferable to adopt words to each letter. Thus, the patient’s scores on the Kanji and Kana examinations results cannot be directly compared for the degree of the writing disorder.