Gross motor skills and sports participation of children with visual impairments

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 16-23

  Houwen, Suzanne ^a   Visscher, Chris ^a   Lemmink, Koen A P M ^a   Hartman, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Locomotor skills; Object control skills; School age; Tgmd 2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 34247512672     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2007.10599399     Document Type: Article

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