Taekwondo training improves sensory organization and balance control in children with developmental coordination disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-95

  Fong, Shirley S M ^a   Tsang, William W N ^a   Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clumsy children; Postural control; Sensory inputs; Sport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY ORGANIZATION; SENSORY ORGANIZATION TEST; SENSORY SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPORT; STANDING; TAEKWONDO; TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNILATERAL STANCE TEST; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 80053440531     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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