Control of reaching movements in 6-year-old prematurely born children with motor problems - An intervention study

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-48

  Eliasson, Ann Christin ^a   Rösblad, Birgit ^b,c   Häger Ross, Charlotte ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Kolbacken Child Rehabilitation Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arm; Kinematics; Motor control; Motor learning; Movement ABC; Preterm; Skill acquisition; Task specific; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PLAY THERAPY; PREMATURITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0037265280     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190310005780     Document Type: Article

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