Establishing hand preference: Why does it matter?

Hand

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-303

  Adamo, Diane E ^a   Taufiq, Anam ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand assessments; Hand preference; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051550804     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-011-9324-x     Document Type: Article

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