Life span motor development /

Haywood, Kathleen.

Life span motor development / Kathleen M. Haywood, Nancy Getchell. - 4th ed. - Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2005. - xvii, 326 p. : ill. ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).

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

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 between individual, environmental, and task constraints.

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