Deriving estimates of contralateral footedness from prevalence rates in samples of Brazilian and non-Brazilian right- and left-handers

Laterality

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-368

  Martin, William Lee Berdel ^a   Machado, Angélica Homobono ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PREVALENCE; SOCCER;

EID: 22644443680     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500442000148     Document Type: Article

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