Discrimination of grip force for preschool children aged 5 to 6 years

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 255-263

  Murase, Tomohiko ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroshi ^a   Ikuta, Komei ^a   Kawai, Satoru ^b   Asami, Takaaki ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEZUKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030077375     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.1.255     Document Type: Article

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