The contextual interference effect in applied settings

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-208

  Barreiros, João ^a   Figueiredo, Teresa ^b   Godinho, Mário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Applied settings; Contextual interference; Practice schedule

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249113076     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X07076876     Document Type: Article

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