Adolescents with down syndrome exhibit greater force and delay in onset of tapping movements

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 826-836

  Masumoto, Junya ^a   Abe, Takafumi ^b   Inui Prof , Nobuyuki ^c  

^a HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b Physical Education and Medicine   (Japan)

^c NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84866443798     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/15.10.25.PMS.114.3.826-836     Document Type: Article

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