Physical activity levels of children in special schools

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 424-431

  Sit, Cindy H P ^a   McManus, Alison ^a   McKenzie, Thomas L ^b   Lian, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with disabilities; Lesson context; PE lessons; Play; Recess; SOFIT observation; Teacher behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TEACHER;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 36649026912     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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