Gender differences in the attainment of motor skills on the movement assessment battery for children

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 5-11

  Junaid, Kathryn A ^a,b   Fellowes, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ball skills; Gender differences; Manual dexterity; Motor skills

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 33748472454     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J006v26n01_02     Document Type: Article

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