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Article: Life-span development in functional tasks.
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- Physical Therapy
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- December 1, 1990
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Life-Span Development in Functional Tasks
A Life-Span Concept of
Motor Development
Developmentalists bring to the study of human movement unique sets of assumptions that influence their approach to research. Although theoretical diversity exists within developmental science and among motor development researchers, [1] there is a unifying interest in age-related change in motor behavior. Physical therapy practice has been influenced by classic motor development theory [2, 3] through the writing of Stockmeyer, [4, 5] the Bobaths, [6] Knott and Voss, [7] and Voss. [8] These individuals brought to the forefront of our profession the notions ...