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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-intensity acute exercise impacts motor learning in healthy older adults

open access: yesnpj Science of Learning
Healthy aging is associated with changes in motor sequence learning, with some studies indicating decline in motor skill learning in older age. Acute cardiorespiratory exercise has emerged as a potential intervention to improve motor learning, however ...
Eleanor M. Taylor   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing physical activity among young children from disadvantaged communities: Study protocol of a group randomised controlled effectiveness trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Participation in regular physical activity (PA) during the early years helps children achieve healthy body weight and can substantially improve motor development, bone health, psychosocial health and cognitive development.
Batterham, Marijka   +17 more
core   +5 more sources

Gross motor skill development of kindergarten children in Japan

open access: yesJournal of Physical Therapy Science, 2018
[Purpose] The purposes of this study were to assess and explore the gender-based differences in gross motor skill development of 5-year-old Japanese children.
Thanda Aye   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motor Skill Competence and Perceived Motor Competence: Which Best Predicts Physical Activity among Girls?

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2013
The main purpose of this study was to determine which correlate, perceived motor competence or motor skill competence, best predicts girls' physical activity behavior.A sample of 352 girls (mean age=8.7, SD=0.3 yr) participated in this study.
Zeinab Khodaverdi   +3 more
doaj  

The perils of automaticity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Classical theories of skill acquisition propose that automatization (i.e., performance requires progressively less attention as experience is acquired) is a defining characteristic of expertise in a variety of domains (e.g., Fitts & Posner, 1967 ...
Montero, Barbara Gail   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Patient‐Level Barriers and Facilitators to Inpatient Physical Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hematological Malignancy: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite their increased risk for functional impairment resulting from cancer and its treatments, few adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a hematological malignancy receive the recommended or therapeutic dose of exercise per week during inpatient hospitalizations.
Jennifer A. Kelleher   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peningkatan Keterampilan Motorik Kasar Anak Usia 4-5 Tahun Melalui Permainan Tradisional Tambi-Tambian

open access: yesJurnal PG-PAUD Trunojoyo, 2018
The aim of this research is to enhance the children’s gross motor skill through traditional games “Tambi-tambian”. Traditional games are very useful for the basic development of children and through it children recognize and preserving local culture. The
Iis Verawati Simatupang
doaj   +1 more source

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