The influence of head position and head position change on spontaneous body posture and motility in full-term AGA and SGA newborn infants

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-110

  Van Kranen Mastenbroek, V H J M ^a   Folmer, K B ^a   Caberg, H B ^a   Kingma, H ^a   Blanco, C E ^a   Troost, J ^a   Hasaart, T H M ^b   Vies, J S H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University Hospital Maastricht ^*

Author keywords

ATNR; Full term infant; Headposition; Lateralisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MOVEMENT; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; REFLEX; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031003869     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(96)00484-6     Document Type: Article

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