Effect of selected motor skills on motor development of both genders aged 5 and 6 years old

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 1723-1725

  Sheikh, Mahmuod ^a   Safania, Ali Mohammad ^b   Afshari, Javad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fundamental movements; Gender; Lincoln Oseretsky; Motor development; Perceptual motor ability; Selected games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858790388     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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