Comparisons among tools, surface orientation, and pencil grasp for children 23 months of age

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 564-572

  Yakimishyn, Janet E ^a,b   Magill Evans, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b University of Alberta ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fine motor development; Grasp maturity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND GRIP; HANDWRITING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036728377     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.56.5.564     Document Type: Article

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