Age, sex, and body mass index in performance of selected locomotor and fitness tasks by children in grades K-2

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-86

  Butterfield, Stephen A ^a   Lehnhard, Robert A ^b   Coladarci, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036482720     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.1.80     Document Type: Article

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