Mechanisms that underlie coordination in children with developmental coordination disorder

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-61

  O'Brien, Jane Clifford ^a   Williams, Harriet G ^b   Bundy, Anita ^c   Lyons, Jim ^d   Mittal, Amita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; Developmental coordination disorder (DCD); Reaction time; Vibrotactile; Visual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 39449108339     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.40.1.43-61     Document Type: Article

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