Are children with down syndrome less careful in performing a tray-carrying task than children with other types of mental retardation?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1173-1176

  Kokubun, Mitsuru ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033147043     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.88.3.1173-1176     Document Type: Article

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