Effect of visual impairment on goal-directed aiming movements in children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 778-783

  Reimer, Annemieke M ^a   Cox, Ralf F A ^b   Boonstra, Nienke F ^a   Smits Engelsman, Bouwien C M ^c  

^a Bartimeus Institute for the Visually Impaired   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ALBINISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 52949114940     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03028.x     Document Type: Article

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