Bicycle training for youth with Down syndrome and autism spectrum disorders

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-21

  MacDonald, Megan ^a   Esposito, Phil ^b   Hauck, Janet ^b   Jeong, Irully ^b   Hornyak, Joseph ^b   Argento, Angela ^b   Ulrich, Dale A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; bicycle; Down syndrome; leisure skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BICYCLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LEG EXERCISE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 84857423090     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088357611428333     Document Type: Article

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