Visual contribution to walking in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 711-722

  Deconinck, F J A ^a   De Clercq, D ^a   Savelsbergh, G J P ^b,c   Van Coster, R ^a   Oostra, A ^d   Dewitte, G ^d   Lenoir, Matthieu ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Developmental Disorders   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Developmental Coordination Disorder; Motor co ordination; Sensory integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WALKING SPEED;

CHILD; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 33749422499     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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