Muscle power and medical history in high risk preterm infants at 3 months of corrected age

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Samsom, Janny F ^a   De Groot, Laila ^a   Hopkins, B ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Discrepancy in muscle power; High risk premature infants; Motility; Posture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TRUNK;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTURE; SHOULDER;

EID: 0031818455     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973548     Document Type: Article

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