Use of electronic games by young children and fundamental movement skills?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1023-1034

  Barnett, Lisa M ^a   Hinkley, Trina ^b   Okely, Anthony D ^b   Hesketh, Kylie ^a   Salmon, Jo ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84866460199     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/10.13.PMS.114.3.1023-1034     Document Type: Article

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