Relationships of equipment use and play positions to motor development at eight months corrected age of infants born preterm

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-15

  Bartlett, Doreen J ^a   Fanning, Jamie E Kneale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child development; Infant equipment; Infant premature; Motor skills; Play; Posture; Prone position; Supine position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREMATURITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0037372323     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PEP.0000051693.49199.41     Document Type: Article

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