Effects of age on distally and proximally generated drawing movements: A kinematic analysis of school children and adults

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 592-596

  Blank, R ^a   Miller, V ^b   Von Voss H ^b   Von Kries, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Inst Social Paediatr Adol Med Ludwig Maximilians Univ of Munich ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; DRAWING; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WRIST;

EID: 0032881226     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299001243     Document Type: Article

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