Motor assessment of preschool aged children: A preliminary investigation of the validity of the Bruininks-Oseretsky test of motor proficiency - Short form

Human Movement Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 543-550

  Venetsanou, Fotini ^a   Kambas, Antonis ^a   Aggeloussis, Nickos ^a   Fatouros, Ioannis ^a   Taxildaris, Kyriakos ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

BOTMP SF; Motor assessment; Preschool age; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGILITY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JUMPING; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VELOCITY; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 67650409729     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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