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gross motor skills

Known as: Gross Motor Skill 
The ability to use large muscle groups for gross body movements. This developmental skill begins in infancy and early childhood.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Motor Skills and Exercise Capacity Are Associated with Objective Measures of Cognitive Functions and Academic Performance in Preadolescent Children
Objective To investigate associations between motor skills, exercise capacity and cognitive functions, and evaluate how they… 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Increasing physical activity among young children from disadvantaged communities: study protocol of a group randomised controlled effectiveness trial
BackgroundParticipation in regular physical activity (PA) during the early years helps children achieve healthy body weight and… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Home-Based Rehabilitation Enhances Daily Physical Activity and Motor Skill in Children Who Have Undergone the Fontan Procedure
This randomized trial compared physical activity enhancing exercise prescription and education programs in 61 children (36 male… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Gross motor skill performance in a sample of overweight and non-overweight preschool children.
OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to examine the gross motor skill performance of overweight and non-overweight preschool… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Understanding Ayres' Sensory Integration
Neural Foundations of Ayres Sensory Integration®Gifted children with Asperger's Syndrome Davidson ...UT Dallas CourseBook Guided… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Spectrum of Gross Motor Function in Extremely Low Birth Weight Children With Cerebral Palsy at 18 Months of Age
Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between cerebral palsy (CP) diagnoses as measured by the… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Written Language Profile of Children and Youth with Asperger Syndrome: From Research to Practice
The current study investigated written language skills of children and youth with Asperger Syndrome (AS). Sixteen children and… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Motor Development of Cocaine-exposed Children at Age Two Years
Objective. This article was designed to investigate effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on motor development of young children… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Intra-individual stability of rate of gross motor development in full-term infants.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Mechanical efficiency and metabolic cost as measures of learning a novel gross motor task.
"Efficiency, " or economy of movement with respect to energy expended in achieving the goal of the task, is implicit in many… 
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