Spontaneous activity in premature infants affects bone strength

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 650-652

  Eliakim, Alon ^a   Nemet, Dan ^a   Friedland, Orit ^a   Dolfin, Tzipora ^a   Regev, Rivka H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LUNG SURFACTANT; METHYLXANTHINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OSTEOPENIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; TIBIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VELOCITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LEG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIA;

EID: 0036971426     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210820     Document Type: Article

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