This book provides an overview of human development and includes the relationship
between motor development and cognitive and social development. It explores factors …

Essentials of Teaching Adapted Physical Education: Diversity, Culture, and Inclusion offers a
wealth of knowledge for teaching today's diverse student population, including those with …

An understanding of the scientific principles underpinning the learning and execution of
fundamental and skilled movements is of central importance in disciplines across the sport …

The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) is one of the most accepted tools,
both in clinical practice and in research, for the diagnosis of Developmental Coordination …

The end-state comfort effect has been observed in recent studies of grip selection in adults.
The present study investigated whether young children also exhibit sensitivity to end-state …

Co-ordination of movement plays a key role in human development and is an important area
in sport and health sciences. This book looks in detail at how children develop basic skills …

Objective: To analyze differences in sports injury characteristics of the upper and lower
extremity and to identify factors that contribute to the risk of sustaining an upper extremity …

This study examined age-related differences in the role of visual proprioception during a
lower limb interceptive action and how this varies as a function of skill and practice. In …

Background: Ball skill performance changes over time during childhood and depends on the
child's physical and psychological characteristics, environmental opportunities, and task …

Enhanced eye–hand coordination (EHC) is associated with greater participation in physical
activity. No longitudinal studies have examined the change in throw–catch EHC from …