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Pu, Dai; Yao, Theresa Jingyun – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Swallowing function can become impaired due to primary medical conditions or age-related presbyphagia, resulting in swallowing disorders, known as dysphagia. Specific manoeuvres that target different musculature have been innovated and researched, but whole-body exercises (WBE) that target multiple large groups of body systems and…
Descriptors: Motor Reactions, Physical Disabilities, Exercise, Intervention
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Yuanliang, Zhang; Yuan, Xue – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
In this study, 285 Chinese core journal papers involving early childhood sports in the CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) database from 1993 to 2022 were selected as samples. Text mining and data statistical analysis tools, such as BICOMB2.0, SPSS22.0, UCINET6.0, EXCEL2016, and other research methods in bibliometrics, such as word…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Young Children, Research
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Plowman, Emily K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: The role of exercise in the management of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PALS) is controversial and currently unclear. The purpose of this review article is to review literature examining the impact of limb, respiratory, and oral motor exercise on function, disease progression, and survival in PALS and the transgenic ALS…
Descriptors: Exercise, Neurological Impairments, Literature Reviews, Psychomotor Skills
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Rimashevskaia, N. M.; Shabunova, A. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
According to research data, in today's Russia 70 percent of children are born with various health risk factors, and this leads to a rapid deterioration of their health during their school years. The health of school students is getting worse as a consequence of the effect of a whole set of social and economic and psychological factors, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk, Economic Factors, Social Influences
Isaacs, Larry D. – 1980
Dynamic visual acuity (DVA) is defined as the performer's ability to visually discriminate parts of an object when there is relative motion between the target and the performer. According to research findings, this visual attribute may play a key role in motor-task performance. Researchers have found a significant relationship between DVA and…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Depth Perception, Exercise
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Seidler, Rachael D.; Stelmach, George E. – Quest, 1995
Reviews age-related declines in motor performance, examining the known types of sensorimotor deficits in the elderly. The article highlights recent data that show changes in kinematics of arm movements, prehension tasks, and handwriting that reveal why movement becomes slower and less accurate in older adults. (SM)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Developmental Stages, Exercise, Gerontology
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Ellis, M. Kathleen; Stewart, David A. – CAEDHH Journal/La Revue ACESM, 1997
Reviews the literature on the relationship between balance and motor skill development as it relates to physical activity levels, physical fitness levels, and overall quality of life. Findings are related to educational programming needs of young deaf children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs