The relationship between physical growth and a newborn reflex

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 72-85

  Thelen, Esther ^a   Fisher, Donna M ^a   Ridley Johnson, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fluid; Newborn reflex; Somatic growth; Stepping reflex

Indexed keywords

FAT; WATER;

AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREDICTION; REFLEX; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036300874     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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