Two steps forward and one back: Learning to walk affects infants' sitting posture

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-25

  Chen, Li Chiou ^a   Metcalfe, Jason S ^a   Jeka, John J ^a,b   Clark, Jane E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Posture; Re calibration; Sensorimotor; Transition; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SITTING; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; TOUCH; WALKING;

EID: 33846830029     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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