Intervention for 6-year-old children with motor coordination difficulties: Parental perspectives at follow-up in middle childhood

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Iversen, Synnøve ^a,e   Ellertsen, Bjørn ^b   Tytlandsvik, Astrid ^c   Nødland, Magne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c Madla Physio and Occupational Therapy Section   (Norway)

^d Madlavoll School   (Norway)

^e NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comorbid difficulties; Developmental Coordination Disorder; Intensity of training; Intervention approaches; Motor learning; Movement Assessment Battery for Children; Parental involvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 21244503905     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190510010304     Document Type: Article

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