Movement skills of younger versus older adults with and without Down syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-171

  Carmeli, Eli ^a   Ariav, Claudette ^b   Bar Yossef, Tamar ^b   Levy, Ran ^b   Imam, Bita ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Neve Ram Institute for People with Special Needs   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Coordination; Down syndrome; Movement skill; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURE SCALE ANALYZER; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; STANDING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80053444368     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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