Proximodistal structure of early reaching in human infants

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-269

  Berthier, Neil E ^a   Clifton, Rachel K ^a   McCall, Daniel D ^a   Robin, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Human infant; Motor development; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEARNING; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER; TRUNK;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; LIGHTING; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHOULDER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032812973     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050795     Document Type: Article

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