Climbing performance of children: Is the above-ground pool wall a climbing barrier?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 92, Issue 3 PART 2, 2001, Pages 1255-1262

  Ridenour, Marcella V ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SWIMMING POOL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 0035378526     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.92.3.1255-1262     Document Type: Article

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