The possible benefits of reduced errors in the motor skills acquisition of children

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Capio, Catherine M ^a,b   Sit, Cindy H P ^a,c   Abernethy, Bruce ^a,d   Masters, Rich S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Exercise and Oxidative Stress Research Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Motor learning; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84856692769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2555-4-1     Document Type: Article

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