Exploring children's movement characteristics during virtual reality video game play

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1023-1038

  Levac, Danielle ^a   Pierrynowski, Michael R ^a   Canestraro, Melissa ^a   Gurr, Lindsay ^a   Leonard, Laurean ^a   Neeley, Christyann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motivation; Motor processes; Pediatrics; Rehabilitation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BOXING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PELVIS; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIING; SPORT; TENNIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCCER; SPORTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 78049231318     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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