Relationship between motor proficiency, attention, impulse, and activity in children with ADHD

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 381-388

  Tseng, Mei Hui ^a   Henderson, Anne ^b   Chow, Susanna M K ^c   Yao, Grace ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; VARIANCE;

EID: 2542641561     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162204000623     Document Type: Article

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