Statistical persistence and timing characteristics of repetitive circle drawing in children with ASD

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Fleury, Amanda ^a,b   Kushki, Azadeh ^b   Tanel, Nadia ^b   Anagnostou, Evdokia ^b,c   Chau, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Detrended fluctuation analysis; Fine motor control; Fractal dynamics; Motor timing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRAWING; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84880126997     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2012.758184     Document Type: Article

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