Motor skills, cognitive development and balance functions of children with Down syndrome

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 803-806

  Malak, Roksana ^a   Kotwicka, Małgorzata ^a   Krawczyk Wasielewska, Agnieszka ^a   Mojs, Ewa ^a   Samborski, Włodzimierz ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Balance scale; Down syndrome; Motor development

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PEDIATRIC BALANCE SCALE; POLAND; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RATING SCALE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 84891060069     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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