Motor and perceptual-motor competence in children with Down syndrome: Variation in performance with age

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-14

  Spanò, Maria ^a,b   Mercuri, Eugenio ^c   Randò, Teresa ^a   Pantò, Tiziana ^b   Gagliano, Antonella ^b   Henderson, Sheila ^d   Guzzetta, Franco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration; Down syndrome; Movement ABC test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0032956344     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.1999.0173     Document Type: Article

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