Development of an instrument to measure manual dexterity in children with visual impairments aged 6-12

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 643-658

  Reimer, Annemeike M ^a   Smits Engelsman, Bouwien C M ^b   Siemonsma Boom, Marieke ^c  

^a Bartimeus Institute   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032836386     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9909301003     Document Type: Article

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