Ontogeny of postural adjustments during sitting in infancy: Variation, selection and modulation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 273-288

  Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a,b,c   Brogren, Eva ^a   Forssberg, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Medical Physiology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SITTING;

EID: 0029880957     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021382     Document Type: Article

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