Timing and Force Characteristics of Muscle Activity: Postural Control in Children with and Without Developmental Coordination Disorders

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-54

  Williams, Harriet G ^a   Castro, Afonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Developmental Coordination Disorders (DCD); Motor Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242669797     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0816512200027644     Document Type: Article

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