An instrument to measure independent walking: Are there differences between preterm and fullterm infants?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-41

  De Groot, Laila ^a,c   De Groot, Cees J ^a   Hopkins, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WALKING;

EID: 0031028760     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389701200106     Document Type: Article

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