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Motor Development Trajectories

Motor Development Trajectories is a theoretical construct that characterizes the progressive, age-related changes in motor skills and physical abilities from infancy through adolescence, distinguishing itself by mapping the sequential acquisition and refinement of gross and fine motor functions within the broader domain of developmental trajectories.

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Motor development: A new synthesis.

Esther Thelen · American Psychologist · 1995 · 765 citations

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Optimal Movement Variability

Nicholas Stergiou, Regina T. Harbourne, James T. Cavanaugh · Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy · 2006 · 764 citations

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The role of early fine and gross motor development on later motor and cognitive ability

Jan P. Piek, Lisa Dawson, Leigh M. Smith et al. · Human Movement Science · 2008 · 726 citations

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WHO Motor Development Study: Windows of achievement for six gross motor development milestones

Mercedes de Onís · Acta Paediatrica · 2006 · 675 citations

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Clumsiness in Children‐Do they Grow out Of It? A 10‐Year Follow‐Up Study

Anna Losse, Sheila Henderson, David Elliman et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology · 1991 · 646 citations

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Authors

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  1. ET
    Esther Thelen

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    16 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. BD
    Beverly D. Ulrich

    University of Michigan, United States

    10 publications · 279 citations

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  3. JE
    Jane E. Clark

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    10 publications · 575 citations

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  4. AF
    Arend F. Bos

    University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

    9 publications · 510 citations

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  5. NC
    Nádia Cristina Valentini

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    9 publications · 352 citations

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Institutions

864

  1. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    16 h-index

    64 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. University Medical Center Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    15 h-index

    56 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    15 h-index

    32 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    971 citations

  7. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    35 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

    DMCN · 32 publications · 2.8K citations

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  2. Child Development

    31 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. Early Human Development

    25 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Developmental Psychobiology

    25 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Journal of Motor Behavior

    JMB · 18 publications · 1.3K citations

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