Variable practice versus constant practice in the acquisition of wheelchair propulsive speeds

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-139

  Yao, Wan X ^a   DeSola, William ^a   Bi, Zhong C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b BEIJING SPORT UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 77949561073     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.109.1.133-139     Document Type: Article

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