Children's cycling skills: Development of a test and determination of individual and environmental correlates

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 688-697

  Ducheyne, Fabian ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Lenoir, Matthieu ^a   Spittaels, Heleen ^a   Cardon, Greet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Correlates; Cycling skills; Cycling test

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; CORRELATES; CYCLING SKILLS; CYCLING TESTS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR STRUCTURE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ONE-HANDED; RESIDENTIAL DENSITY; SKILL SCORE; TEST STATION; TOTAL VARIANCE; TRAINING PROGRAM;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EDUCATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870297311     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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