Using the ICF Framework to Explore the Multiple Interacting Factors Associated with Developmental Coordination Disorder

Current Developmental Disorders Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 86-101

  Ferguson, G D ^a,b   Jelsma, J ^a   Versfeld, P ^a   Smits Engelsman, B C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity Limitations; Developmental Coordination Disorder; Ecological; Environment Factors; Impairments; International Classification of Functioning; Intervention; Participation Restrictions; Personal Factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930939883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-014-0013-7     Document Type: Article

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