The impact of context manipulations on movement patterns during a transition period

Human Movement Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-346

  Ulrich, Beverly D ^a   Ulrich, Dale A ^a   Angulo Kinzler, Rosa M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Infants; Motor development; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008914314     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(98)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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