Contact pressure distribution features in Down syndrome infants in supine and prone positions, analyzed by photoelastic methods

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 484-488

  Nishizawa, Yoshiki ^a   Fujita, Takehisa ^a   Matsuoka, Kazuhiko ^a   Nakagawa, Hirofumi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact pressure; Down syndrome; Photoelastic method; Prone; Supine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FORCE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SUPINE POSITION; TRISOMY 21; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OPTICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PRESSURE; PRONE POSITION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 33748648818     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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