Planning and execution of action in children with and without developmental coordination disorder

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1023-1037

  Smyth, Mary M ^a   Mason, Uschi C ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clumsy children; Kinaesthesis; Motor skills; Planning action; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030777066     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01619.x     Document Type: Article

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