Body scaling of grip configurations in children aged 6-12 years

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-310

  Cesari, Paola ^a   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dimensional analysis; Gasping; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENT; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; SIZE PERCEPTION; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034014684     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(200005)36:4<301::AID-DEV5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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