Handwriting, visuomotor integration, and neurological condition at school age

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 941-947

  Van Hoorn, Jessika F ^a   Maathuis, Carel G B ^a   Peters, Lieke H J ^a   Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956483929     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03715.x     Document Type: Article

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