The profile of aquatic motor skills for able-bodied and swimmers with an impairment

Handbook of Motor Skills: Development, Impairment and Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-94

  Seifert, Ludovic ^a   Daly, Daniel ^b   Burkett, Brendan ^c   Chollet, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Disability; Motor control; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892322496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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