Motor skill performance of school-age children with visual impairments

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Houwen, S ^a   Visscher, C ^a   Lemmink, K A P M ^a   Hartman, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; UVEA DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38349068917     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.02016.x     Document Type: Article

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