The impact of a six week exergaming curriculum on balance with grade three school children using the wii FIT+TM

International Journal of Computer Science in Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 5-22

  Sheehan, Dwayne Patrick ^a   Katz, Larry ^b  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Children; Elementary school; Exergaming; Fundamental movement skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872147174     PISSN: 16844769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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