Fundamental movement skills among Australian preschool children

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 503-508

  Hardy, Louise L ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Farrell, Louise ^b   Macniven, Rona ^b   Howlett, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Gender; Motor skills; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 77955657505     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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