Timing of bimanual rhythmic finger tapping in adolescents with mental retardation or autism

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-80

  Inui, Nobuyuki ^a   Asama, K ^b  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b Mino School for Handicapped Children   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Autism; Bimanual rhythmic finger tapping; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENT; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RHYTHM;

EID: 0042572138     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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