Effects of stability balls on children's on-task behavior, academic achievement, and discipline referrals: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Fedewa, Alicia ^a   Davis, Matthew A C ^a   Ahn, Soyeon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Child behavior; Students; Task performance and analysis

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922594206     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: 19437676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2015.014829     Document Type: Article

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