Functional significance of foot rotation asymmetry in early walking

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-172

  Ledebt, Annick ^a   van Wieringen, Piet C W ^a   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Children; Foot rotation; Locomotion; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 1842766369     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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