From Walking to Running: Applying a Dynamical Systems Approach to the Development of Locomotor Skills.

Whitall, Jill; Getchell, Nancy

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Publication Date: 1995

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From Walking to Running: Applying a Dynamical Systems Approach to the Development of Locomotor Skills.

Whitall, Jill; Getchell, Nancy

Child Development, v66 n5 p1541-53 Oct 1995

The locomotor skills of walking and running were compared in newly running infants at 5.5, 7.5, and 9.5 months of independent walking, and then again at 3 years of age. Collective variables showed transitional forms over the first few months of running, indicating a relatively continuous change across the two gait forms. (MDM)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Longitudinal Studies, Physical Development, Psychomotor Skills, Running, Toddlers

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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