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Creator:: Overlock, Jennifer Ann
Abstract:: The ability to establish and maintain balance is claimed to be an important prerequisite of movement tasks. However, despite this general belief, there is limited empirical evidence to support the contribution of balance in motor skill performance. Furthermore, psychometric properties of using a computerized force platform to assess balance ability...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Relationship between Balance and Fundamental Motor Skills in Children Five to Nine Years of Age Abstract

Creator:: Hagar, Kristine Ann
Abstract:: Sleep is an active process that affects an individual's daily functioning and physical and mental health. It is also beneficial for an individual's overall health and well being. Children with autism often have difficulty sleeping. One common complaint from parents of children with autism is that these children lack sufficient...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: this study was to examine the effects of physical activity on sleep in children with autism. There

Creator:: Kindinger, Kerstin
Abstract:: Physical activity is increasingly recognized as a maj or component contributing to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. Evidence exists that a physically active behavior is carried over from childhood to adolescents and possibly to adulthood. Limited research about the physical activity behavior of students with visual impairment is available,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: inactivity in children and sedentary living behaviors (Blair, 1996) as well as an increase in health risks

Creator:: Frese, Erin
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a disability awareness unit implemented into secondary level physical education curricula, on acceptance and knowledge of students without disabilities. One hundred twelve students in the 7th and 8th grades participated in this study. Predetermined classes of students were randomly...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: children in grades 2 through 7 in Hawaii in the fall of 1978 (Antonak & Livneh, 1988). Since this early

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