The relationship between motor proficiency and physical activity in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Wrotniak, Brian H ^a,b,c   Epstein, Leonard H ^a,b   Dorn, Joan M ^b   Jones, Katherine E ^b   Kondilis, Valerie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Children; Motor abilities; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 33947163340     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0742     Document Type: Article

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