The amplitude of the Achilles tendon reflex in infants is related to body position

Early Human Development

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 715-720

  Bruggink, Janneke L M ^a   Bos, Arend F ^a   vd Hoeven, Johannes H ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a   Sollie, Krystyna M ^a   Sival, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRONE POSITION; REFLEX, STRETCH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 33750346858     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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