Baby swimming: exploring the effects of early intervention on subsequent motor abilities

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 428-430

  Sigmundsson, Hermundur ^a   Hopkins, B ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Infant stimulation; Motor development; Prehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWIMMING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWIMMING;

EID: 77955256787     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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