Performance on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children by Australian 3- to 5-year-old children

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 713-719

  Livesey, David ^a   Coleman, R ^b   Piek, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Developmental co ordination disorder; Motor performance; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448972136     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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