Sensitivity of infants with and without down syndrome to intrinsic dynamics

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-19

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Infancy; Motor development; Somatosensory response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0031089805     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1997.10608862     Document Type: Article

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