Periventricular leucomalacia and preterm birth have different detrimental effects on postural adjustments

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 727-740

  Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a,b,c   Brogren, Eva ^a   Katz Salamon, Miriam ^a   Forssberg, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EMG; Neurological development; Periventricular leukomalacia; Postural control; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; NECK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TRUNK; WHITE MATTER;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTURE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032929096     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.4.727     Document Type: Article

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