Primitive reflexes and the determination of fetal presentation at birth

Early Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-273

  Bartlett, Doreen ^a   Piper, Martha ^a   Okun, Nanette ^a   Byrne, Paul ^a   Joe Watt, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breech; Cephalic; Presentation; Primitive reflexes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; REFLEX; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APGAR SCORE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX;

EID: 0031589308     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)01865-3     Document Type: Article

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