A study on fine motor skills of Iranian children with attention deficit/hyper activity disorder aged from 6 to 11 years

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-114

  Lavasani, Negar Miri ^a   Stagnitti, Karen ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Assessment; Children; Fine motor skills; Iran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; IRAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REFERENCE VALUE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; IRAN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79956296119     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: 15570703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.306     Document Type: Article

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