Sex differences in high-risk premature infants' asymmetric movement development

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 5-28

  Grattan, Mary Pope ^a,b,c   Nelson, Michael N ^a,b   White Traut, Rosemary C ^a,b   Vasan, Ushanalini ^a,b   Gu, Guo Guang ^a,b   Littau, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor development; Movement; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MODIFIED MEASURE OF BEHAVIOR LATERALITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; REFLEX DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MOVEMENT; REFLEX; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645789039     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J006v25n04_02     Document Type: Article

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