Playing Active Video Games may not develop movement skills: An intervention trial

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 673-678

  Barnett, Lisa M ^a   Ridgers, Nicola D ^b   Reynolds, John ^c   Hanna, Lisa ^a   Salmon, Jo ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Exergaming; Fundamental movement skill; Physical self perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT; TEST OF GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84940101435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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