Longitudinal Development of the Automatic Postural Response in Infants

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-70

  Sveistrup, Heidi ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic postural response; Development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0029899726     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1996.9941734     Document Type: Article

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