The KiMo test: A motor screening for pre-school children aged 3-6 years

Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-26

  Klein, D ^a   Koch, B ^a   Dordel, S ^a   Struder H ^a   Graf, C ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child day care centers; Motor skills; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RUNNING; SCREENING TEST; SITTING; STANDING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 84858719256     PISSN: 03933660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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