Efficacy of interventions to improve motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder: A combined systematic review and meta-analysis

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-237

  Smits Engelsman, Bouwien C M ^a,b   Blank, Rainer ^c   Van Der Kaay, Anne Claire ^b   Mosterd Van Der Meijs, Rianne ^b   Vlugt Van Den Brand, Ellen ^b   Polatajko, Helene J ^d   Wilson, Peter H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; METHYLPHENIDATE;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER;

CHILD; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS;

EID: 84922270343     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12008     Document Type: Review

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