Construct validity of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-short form for a sample of greek preschool and primary school children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-72

  Kambas, Antonis ^a   Aggeloussis, Nickos ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33646816438     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.102.1.65-72     Document Type: Review

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