The link between motor impairment level and motor imagery ability in children with developmental coordination disorder

Human Movement Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-285

  Williams, Jacqueline ^a   Thomas, Patrick R ^b   Maruff, Paul ^a   Wilson, Peter H ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental coordination disorder (DCD); Mental rotation; Motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42649095933     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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