The effect of traditional games in fundamental motor skill development in 7-9 year-old boys

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Akbari, Hakimeh ^a,b,g   Abdoli, Behroz ^c   Shafizadeh, Mohsen ^d   Khalaji, Hasan ^e   Hajihosseini, Samaneh ^b   Ziaee, Vahid ^b,f  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Daily activities; Gross motor skill; Locomotor skill; Motor development; Object Control skill; TGMD 2; Traditional games

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SPORT; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRADITIONAL GAME;

EID: 67549147251     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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