Fine and gross motor skills differ between healthy-weight and obese children

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4043-4051

  Gentier, Ilse ^a,b   D'Hondt, Eva ^a,c   Shultz, Sarah ^d   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,c   Augustijn, Mireille ^a   Hoorne, Sofie ^e   Verlaecke, Katja ^e   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Lenoir, Matthieu ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e Zeepreventorium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Fine motor integration; Fine motor precision; Fine motor skills; Gross motor skills; Manual dexterity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGILITY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; BRUININKS OSERETSKY TEST OF MOTOR PROFICIENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBESITY; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILDREN; FINE MOTOR INTEGRATION; FINE MOTOR PRECISION; FINE MOTOR SKILLS; GROSS MOTOR SKILLS; MANUAL DEXTERITY; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 84884155346     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.08.040     Document Type: Article

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