Young children's motor skill performance: Relationships with activity types and parent perception of athletic competence

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 607-610

  O'Neill, Jennifer R ^a   Williams, Harriet G ^a   Pfeiffer, Karin A ^b   Dowda, Marsha ^a   McIver, Kerry L ^a   Brown, William H ^a   Pate, Russell R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Locomotor skill; Motor skills; Object control skill; Physical activity; Preschool

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANCING; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATIONAL SYSTEM FOR RECORDING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN PRESCHOOL VERSION; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROCEDURES; RUNNING; SEX; WALKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARENTS;

EID: 84908037352     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.10.253     Document Type: Article

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