Gross and fine motor skills of left-handed preschool children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 92, Issue 3 PART 2, 2001, Pages 1122-1128

  Giagazoglou, Paraskevi ^a   Fotiadou, Eleni ^a   Angelopoulou, Nickoletta ^a   Tsikoulas, John ^a   Tsimaras, Vassilis ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035377293     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.3c.1122     Document Type: Article

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