Postural adjustments during sitting at preschool age: Presence of a transient toddling phase

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 436-447

  Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a,b   Eva Brogren, P T ^a   Forssberg, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TRUNK;

EID: 2642640454     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15393.x     Document Type: Article

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