Life span motor development / Kathleen M. Haywood, Nancy Getchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haywood, Kathleen.

Contributor:

Getchell, Nancy, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motor ability in children.

Motor ability.

Growth.

Motor Skills.

Psychomotor Performance.

Medical Subjects:

Growth.

Motor Skills.

Psychomotor Performance.

Physical Description:

xvii, 326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2005]

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "more than 130 video segments of developmental sequences ... ." -- p. [4] of cover.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Introduction to motor development

Fundamental concepts

Theoretical perspectives in motor development

Pt. 2. Physical growth and aging

Physical growth, maturation, and aging

Development and aging of body systems

Pt. 3. Development of motor skills across the life span

Early motor development

Development of human locomotion

Development of ballistic skills

Development of manipulative skills

Pt. 4. Perceptual-motor development

Sensory-perceptual development

Perception and action in development

Pt. 5. Functional constraints to motor development

Social and cultural constraints in motor development

Psychosocial constraints in motor development

Knowledge as a functional constraint in motor development

Pt. 6. Interaction of exercise and structural constraints

Development of cardiorespiratory endurance

Development of strength and flexibility

Development of body composition

Interactions among constraints.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index.

ISBN:

0736055746

OCLC:

55600775