Dual motor task coordination in children with without learning disabilities

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-38

  Getchell, Nancy ^a   McMenamin, Susan ^b   Whitall, Jill ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING;

EID: 12244258222     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.22.1.21     Document Type: Article

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