Age-related differences in the reaching and grasping coordination in children: Unimanual and bimanual tasks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-27

  Olivier, Isabelle ^a   Hay, Laurette ^b   Bard, Chantal ^c   Fleury, Michelle ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Coordination; Grasping; Prehension; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 34247545567     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0762-6     Document Type: Article

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