Overview

This important new book is the first text on motor learning and control to focus exclusively on the development of movement coordination in children. It is also the first book to bring together in one volume both cognitive and ecological-psychological approaches to the subject. Based on cutting-edge theory and research, the book explores how children develop coordination within three real-world settings: everyday behaviour, including studies on spoon use, handwriting and posture; movement disorder, including studies of perceptual motor behaviour of children with Down's Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy; sporting activity, including studies of catching and throwing behaviour. The book therefore makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the development of children. It will be essential reading for all those with a particular interest in movement coordination within the fields of sport science, health science and ergonomics, as well as all psychologists, developmentalists, educators and clinicians working with children.

Full Product Details

Author:   Geert Savelsbergh ,  Keith Davids ,  John van der Kamp ,  Simon J. Bennett
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780415247375

ISBN 10:   0415247373
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   22 May 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Theoretical Perspectives on the Development of Movement Co-ordination in Children ergonomics 2. Motor Development and Ergonomics: Lifting Objects as a Window on Motor Control Children 3. Children's Overestimation of their Physical Abilities: Links to Injury Proneness 4. Road-Crossing Behaviour in Young Children 5. Learning to Draw and to Write: Issues of Variability and Constraints 6. Constraints in Children's Learning to use Spoon Health Sciences 7. Reflexes Reflected: Past and Present of Theory and Practice 8. Children's Co-ordination and Developmental Movement Difficulty 9. Perceptual-Motor Behaviour of Children with Down Syndrome 10. Discrete Bimanual Movement Co-ordination in Children with Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy 11. Locomotion in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Early Predictive Factors for Ambulation and Gait Analysis Sport 12. Catching Action Development 13. degrees of Freedom, Movement Co-Ordination and Interceptive Action of Children With and Without Cerebral Palsy 14. The Development of Throwing Behaviour 15. The Co-ordination of Kicking Techniques in Children 16. Development of Locomotor Co-ordination and Control in Children

Reviews

'Very well-structured, well-written and important contribution to the motor learning literature. Many individuals, including students, teachers and those working in the sport, health and exercise sciences will find in it a great deal of valuable information, and therefore I strongly recommend it to those working in these fields.' - European Physical Education Review

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John van der Kamp, Geert Savelsbergh, Keith Davids, Simon J. Bennett

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