Effects of different variations of mental and physical practice on sport skill learning in adolescents with mental retardation

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Hemayattalab, Rasool ^a   Movahedi, Ahmadreza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mental practice; Mental retardation; Physical practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL RETENTION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70350741099     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.022     Document Type: Article

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