Children's movement skills when playing active video games

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 767-790

  Hulteen, Ryan M ^a   Johnson, Tara M ^b   Ridgers, Nicola D ^b   Mellecker, Robin R ^b,c   Barnett, Lisa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEBALL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; MALE; RECREATION; SCIENTIST; SKILL; TENNIS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEO GAME;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84951736300     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/25.10.PMS.121c24x5     Document Type: Article

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