Oral and Manual Force Control in Preschool-Aged Children: Is There Evidence for Common Control?

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-82

  Potter, Nancy L ^a   Kent, Raymond D ^b   Lazarus, Jo Anne C ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's motor development; Force control; Motor learning; Tongue strength

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONGUE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND STRENGTH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TONGUE;

EID: 59249098085     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2009.10125919     Document Type: Article

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