Visual tasks and postural sway in children with and without autism spectrum disorders

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1536-1542

  Chang, Chih Hui ^a   Wade, Michael G ^b   Stoffregen, Thomas A ^b   Hsu, Chin Yu ^a   Pan, Chien Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Children; Postural control; Visual performance

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROCESS DESIGN; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77957128922     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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