Why every office needs a tennis ball: A new approach to assessing the clumsy child

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-473

  Missiuna, Cheryl ^a,b   Gaines, Robin ^a,c,d   Soucie, Helen ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 33748371404     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.051202     Document Type: Article

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