Children with developmental coordination disorder are equally able to generate force but show more variability than typically developing children

Human Movement Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 296-309

  Smits Engelsman, Bouwien C M ^a,b   Westenberg, Yvonne ^b   Duysens, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c SMK Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental coordination disorder; Isometric force; Manual dexterity; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOLITION;

EID: 42649095950     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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