Acquisition of upper body stability during walking in toddlers

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-324

  Ledebt, Annick ^a,b   Bril, Blandine ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c Cogn Contexte Ecl Hautes Etud S ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Balance control; Head stabilization; Infants; Longitudinal study; Motor development; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; WALKING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; WALKING;

EID: 0034091991     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(200005)36:4<311::AID-DEV6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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