Postural control is not systematically related to reading skills: implications for the assessment of balance as a risk factor for developmental dyslexia.

Impaired postural control has been associated with poor reading skills, as well as with lower performance on measures of attention and motor control variables that frequently co-occur with reading difficulties. Measures of balance and motor control have been incorporated into several screening batte...

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Main Authors: Håvard Loras, Hermundur Sigmundsson, Ann-Katrin Stensdotter, Joel B Talcott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4043669?pdf=render